Microbiology
Grade Equivalents
| 🇺🇸 United States | College Freshman |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | University Year 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | B.A./B.Sc. Year 1 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | University Year 1 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | University Year 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | University Year 1 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | University Year 1 |
About This Textbook
Designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester Microbiology course for non-majors, this textbook presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. Developed in partnership with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), it aligns to the ASM Recommended Curriculum Guidelines. Topics include prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell biology, microbial biochemistry, metabolism, genetics, control of microbial growth, antimicrobial drugs, microbial pathogenicity, immunology, and infectious diseases organized by body system. Features include Clinical Focus case studies, Micro Connections, Sigma Xi Eye on Ethics, and Disease Profile boxes.
Table of Contents
An Invisible World — How We See the Invisible World — The Cell — Prokaryotic Diversity — The Eukaryotes of Microbiology — Acellular Pathogens — Microbial Biochemistry — Microbial Metabolism — Microbial Growth — Biochemistry of the Genome — Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics — Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics — Control of Microbial Growth — Antimicrobial Drugs — Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity — Disease and Epidemiology — Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses — Adaptive Specific Host Defenses — Diseases of the Immune System — Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response — Skin and Eye Infections — Respiratory System Infections — Urogenital System Infections — Digestive System Infections — Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections — Nervous System Infections — Environmental Microbiology and Applied Microbiology