Section A-The microbial world 1
A1 The microbial world 1
Section B-Microbial metabolism 5
B1 Heterotrophic pathways 5
B2 Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation 12
B3 Autotrophic metabolism 17
B4 Biosynthetic pathways 22
Section C-Information storage and transfer 27
C1 Structure and organization of DNA 27
C2 DNA replication 32
C3 RNA molecules in the cell 38
C4 Transcription 40
C5 Control of gene expression 46
C6 Structure of proteins 53
C7 Translation 57
Section D-Bacterial structure and function 65
D1 Bacterial taxonomy 65
D2 Bacterial cell structure 70
D3 Bacterial cell envelope 75
D4 Bacterial cell-wall synthesis 81
D5 Transport across the membrane 84
D6 Bacterial movement and chemotaxis 88
D7 Growth in the laboratory 92
D8 Bacterial growth and cell cycle 96
D9 Techniques used to study bacteria 101
Section E-Bacterial genetics 107
E1 Mutations 107
E2 Mutagenesis 112
E3 Recombination and transposition 115
E4 DNA repair mechanisms 119
E5 Plasmids 122
E6 Fplasmids and conjugation 125
E7 Bacteriophage 129
E8 Replication of bacteriophage 136
E9 Transduction 140
E10 Transformation 144
Section F-Bacteria and their environment 147
F1 Bacteria in the environment 147
F2 Bacteria in industry 152
F3 Bacterial disease-an overview 156
F4 Human host defense mechanisms 160
F5 Entry and colonization of human hosts 165
F6 Bacterial toxins and human disease 172
F7 Control of bacterial infection 176
Section G-The eukaryotic protistan microbes-an overview 181
G1 Taxonomy 181
G2 Eukaryotic cell structure 184
G3 Cell division and ploidy 189
Section H-The fungi and related phyla 195
H1 Fungal cell structure and growth 195
H2 Fungal nutrition 200
H3 Reproduction in fungi 203
H4 Fungal spore discharge and dispersal 209
H5 Related phyla:the water and slime molds 211
H6 Beneficial effects of fungi in their environment 214
H7 Detrimental effects of fungi in their environment 218
Section I-The algae 221
I1 Algal cell structure and growth 221
I2 Algal nutrition and metabolism 225
I3 Reproduction in the algae 231
I4 Beneficial effects of algae 236
I5 Detrimental effects of algae 239
J1 Taxonomy of protozoa 241
Section J-The protozoa 241
J2 Cellular structure of protozoa 245
J3 Physiology of protozoa 249
J4 Unusual metabolic pathways 253
J5 Reproduction 256
J6 Beneficial effects of protozoa:symbiotic relationships 259
J7 Detrimental effects of protozoa:parasitic relationships 261
Section K-The viruses 269
K1 Virus structure 269
K2 Virus taxonomy 274
K3 Virus proteins 279
K4 Virus nucleic acids 285
K5 Cell culture and virus growth 292
K6 Virus assay 296
K7 Virus replication 300
K8 Virus infection 307
K9 Viruses and the immune system 313
K10 Virus vaccines 317
K11 Antiviral chemotherapy 321
K12 Plant viruses 326
Further reading 331
Index 335