Includes index.

Rev. ed. of: Microbiology / Richard A. Harvey, Pamela C. Champe, Bruce D. Fisher. c2007.

Introduction to microbiology -- Normal flora -- Pathogenicity of microorganisms -- Diagnostic microbiology -- Vaccines and antimicrobial agents -- Bacterial structure, growth, and metabolism -- Bacterial genetics -- Staphylococci -- Streptococci -- Gram-positive rods -- Neisseriae -- Gastrointestional gram-negative rods -- Other gram-negative rods -- Clostridia and other anaerobic rods -- Spirochetes -- Mycoplasma -- Chlamdiae -- Mycobacteria and actinomycetes -- Rickettsia, erhlichia, anaplasma and coxiella -- Fungi -- Protozoa -- Helminths -- Introduction to the virus -- Nonenveloped DNA viruses -- Enveloped DNA viruses -- Hepatitis B and hepatitis D (delta) viruses -- Positive-strand RNA viruses -- Retroviruses and AIDS -- Negative-strand RNA viruses -- Double-stranded RNA viruses: reoviridae -- Unconventional infectious agents -- Quick review of clinically important microorganisms -- Disease summaries -- Illustrated case studies.

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