A new chapter (Ch. 23: The Human Microbiome) focuses exclusively on the human microbiome, including coverage of the connection between the gut and the brain, how to maintain a healthy microbiome, and microbiome-based treatments for disease.
In addition, each chapter is as much as 10% briefer than the Sixth Edition to ensure the text is focused on the most essential concepts for the course.
For a comprehensive list of what’s new in this edition, and how each chapter has changed, please click here.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
Chapter 2: Observing the Microbial Cell
Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 4: Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
Chapter 5: Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 6: Viruses
Chapter 7: Genomes and Chromosomes
Chapter 8: Transcription, Translation, and Protein Processing
Chapter 9: Genomic Change and DNA Repair
Chapter 10: Molecular Regulation
Chapter 11: Viral Molecular Biology: Influenza, HIV, and Herpesviruses
Chapter 12: Molecular Complexity and Synthetic Biology
Chapter 13: Energetics and Catabolism
Chapter 14: Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy
Chapter 15: Biosynthesis
Chapter 16: Food and Industrial Microbiology
Chapter 17: Origins and Evolution
Chapter 18: Bacterial Diversity
Chapter 19: Archaeal Diversity
Chapter 20: Eukaryotic Diversity
Chapter 21: Microbial Ecology
Chapter 22: Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology
NEW Chapter 23: The Human Microbiome
Chapter 24: Innate Immunity
Chapter 25: The Adaptive Immune Response
Chapter 26: Pathogenesis
Chapter 27: Microbial Diseases
Chapter 28: Antimicrobial Therapy, Clinical Microbiology, and Epidemiology
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