Cowan, M. Kelly.
Microbiology : a systems approach / Marjorie Kelly Cowan. - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 2012. - xxxi, 785, [60] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Main themes of microbiology -- Chemistry of biology -- Tools of the laboratory: the methods for studying microorganisms -- Prokaryotic profiles: the bacteria and archaea -- Eukaryotic cells and microorganisms -- Introduction to the viruses -- Microbial nutrition, ecology, and growth -- Microbial metabolism: the chemical crossroads of life -- Microbial genetics -- Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA -- Physical and chemical control of microbes -- Drugs, microbes, host: the elements of chemotherapy -- Microbe-human interactions: infection and disease -- Host defenses I: overview and nonspecific defenses -- Host defenses II: specific immunity and immunization -- Disorders in immunity -- Diagnosing infections -- Infectious diseases affecting the skin and eyes -- Infectious diseases affecting the nervous system -- Infectious diseases affecting the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems -- Infectious diseases affecting the respiratory system -- Infectious diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract -- Infectious diseases affecting the genitourinary system -- Environmental microbiology -- Applied microbiology and food and water safety.
9780073522524 (hard copy : alk. paper) 007352252X (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780071314879 (pbk. : international ed.) 0071314873 (pbk. : international ed.)
Microbiology.
Microbiological Phenomena--immunology.
Communicable Diseases--microbiology.
Immunity.
QR41.2 / .C69 2012
616.9041 / MIC
2011 F-467 QW 4
Microbiology : a systems approach / Marjorie Kelly Cowan. - 3rd ed. - New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 2012. - xxxi, 785, [60] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Main themes of microbiology -- Chemistry of biology -- Tools of the laboratory: the methods for studying microorganisms -- Prokaryotic profiles: the bacteria and archaea -- Eukaryotic cells and microorganisms -- Introduction to the viruses -- Microbial nutrition, ecology, and growth -- Microbial metabolism: the chemical crossroads of life -- Microbial genetics -- Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA -- Physical and chemical control of microbes -- Drugs, microbes, host: the elements of chemotherapy -- Microbe-human interactions: infection and disease -- Host defenses I: overview and nonspecific defenses -- Host defenses II: specific immunity and immunization -- Disorders in immunity -- Diagnosing infections -- Infectious diseases affecting the skin and eyes -- Infectious diseases affecting the nervous system -- Infectious diseases affecting the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems -- Infectious diseases affecting the respiratory system -- Infectious diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract -- Infectious diseases affecting the genitourinary system -- Environmental microbiology -- Applied microbiology and food and water safety.
9780073522524 (hard copy : alk. paper) 007352252X (hard copy : alk. paper) 9780071314879 (pbk. : international ed.) 0071314873 (pbk. : international ed.)
Microbiology.
Microbiological Phenomena--immunology.
Communicable Diseases--microbiology.
Immunity.
QR41.2 / .C69 2012
616.9041 / MIC
2011 F-467 QW 4