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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Global Edition

• Inside Front Cover


• Title Page


• Copyright Page


• About the Authors


• Dedications


• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Acknowledgments for the Global Edition


• Contents


• Unit 1 The Foundations of Microbiology


• 1 The Microbial World


• microbiologynow Microorganisms, Our Constant Companions


• I ? Exploring the Microbial World


• 1.1 Microorganisms, Tiny Titans of the Earth


• 1.2 Structure and Activities of Microbial Cells


• 1.3 Microorganisms and the Biosphere


• 1.4 The Impact of Microorganisms on Human Society


• II ? Microscopy and the Origins of Microbiology


• 1.5 Light Microscopy and the Discovery of Microorganisms


• 1.6 Improving Contrast in Light Microscopy


• 1.7 Imaging Cells in Three Dimensions


• 1.8 Probing Cell Structure: Electron Microscopy


• III ? Microbial Cultivation Expands the Horizon of Microbiology


• 1.9 Pasteur and Spontaneous Generation


• 1.10 Koch, Infectious Diseases, and Pure Cultures


• 1.11 Discovery of Microbial Diversity


• IV ? Molecular Biology and the Unity and Diversity of Life


• 1.12 Molecular Basis of Life


• 1.13 Woese and the Tree of Life


• 1.14 An Introduction to Microbial Life


• 2 Microbial Cell Structure and Function


• microbiologynow The Archaellum: Motility for the Archaea


• I ? Cells of Bacteria and Archaea


• 2.1 Cell Morphology


• 2.2 The Small World


• II ? The Cell Membrane and Wall


• 2.3 The Cytoplasmic Membrane


• 2.4 Bacterial Cell Walls: Peptidoglycan


• 2.5 LPS: The Outer Membrane


• 2.6 Archaeal Cell Walls


• III ? Cell Surface Structures and Inclusions


• 2.7 Cell Surface Structures


• 2.8 Cell Inclusions


• 2.9 Gas Vesicles