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PART I: THE MICROBIAL CELL

• Chapter 1. Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
• Chapter 2. Observing the Microbial Cell
  • Microscopy
• Chapter 3. Cell Structure and Function
  • Replisome Movement in a Dividing Cell
  • Chemotaxis
• Chapter 4. Bacterial culture, Growth, and Development
  • Phosphotransferase System (PTS) Transport
  • Endospore Formation
  • Dilution Streaking Technique
• Chapter 5. Environmental Influence and Control of Microbial Growth
• Chapter 6. Virus Structure and Function
  • Lysis and Lysogeny

PART II: GENES AND GENOMES

• Chapter 7. Genomes and Chromosomes
  • DNA Replication
  • DNA Sequencing
  • The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  • Supercoiling and Topoisomerases
  • Rolling Circle Mechanism of Plasmid Replication
• Chapter 8. Transcription, Translation, and Bioinformatics
  • Protein Synthesis
  • Protein Export
  • SecA-Dependent General Secretion Pathway
  • ABC Transporters
• Chapter 9. Gene Transfer, Mutations, and Genome Evolution
  • Recombination
  • Transposition
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms: Methyl Mismatch Repair
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms: Nucleotide Excision Repair
  • Repair Mechanisms: Base Excision Repair
• Chapter 10. Molecular Regulation
  • The lac Operon
  • Transcriptional Attenuation
  • Quorum Sensing
• Chapter 11. Viral Molecular Biology
  • Influenza Virus Entry into a Cell
  • Influenza Virus Replication
  • HIV Replication
  • Herpes Virus Replication
  • Construction of a Gene Therapy Vector
• Chapter 12. Molecular Techniques and Biotechnology
  • Tagging Proteins for Easy Purification
  • DNA Shuffling
  • Real-Time PCR

PART III: METABOLISM AND BIOCHEMISTRY

• Chapter 13. Energetics and Catabolism
• Chapter 14. Respiration, Lithotrophy, and Photolysis
  • A Bacterial Electron Transport System
  • ATP Synthase Mechanism
  • Oxygenic Photosynthesis
• Chapter 15. Biosynthesis
• Chapter 16. Food and Industrial Microbiology
  • Agrobacterium: A Plant Gene Transfer Vectort Gene Transfer
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PART IV: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY

• Chapter 17. Origins and Evolution
• Chapter 18. Bacterial Diversity
• Chapter 19. Archaeal Diversity
  • Light-Driven Ion Pumps and Sensors
• Chapter 20. Eukaryotic Diversity
  • Malaria: A Cycle of Transmission between Mosquito and Human
• Chapter 21. Microbial Habitats and Communities
• Chapter 22. Microbes and the Global Environment

PART V: MEDICINE AND IMMUNOLOGY

• Chapter 23. Human Microflora and Nonspecific Host Defenses
  • The Basic Inflammatory Response
  • Phagocytosis
• Chapter 24. The Adaptive Immune Response
  • The Activation of the Humoral and Cell-Mediated Pathways
• Chapter 25. Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Cholera Toxin Mode of Action
• Chapter 26. Microbial Diseases
  • Retrograde Movement of Tetanus Toxin to an Inhibitory Neuron
• Chapter 27. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Resistance
• Chapter 28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology