Microbiology and Virology:Revise Your Competence
Editor(s)/Author:
Dina Yarullina
Available
2022-11-30

Dina Yarullina
Available
2022-11-30
* 1500+ Original self-assessment MCQs with keys.
* 12 Chapters
* Extensive coverage of all relevant topics in each chapter
* Written by a panel of expert authors, who have 20+ years of teaching experience in microbiology.
* The book is the prerequisite for every Lige Science student.
* Helps students assess their knowledge in Microbiology and Virology.
Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
About the Authors xi
About the book xiii
Acknowledgment. xiv
1. An introduction to microbiology. 1
2. The methods for studying microorganisms. 5
3. Naming, Classifying, and identifying 14
prokaryotes.
4. Cell structure and function in Bacteria. 18
5. Genetics of Bacteria. 30
6. Binary fission and other forms of 33
reproduction in Bacteria. Bacterial endospores.
7. Microbial growth 37
8. Bacterial nutrition 41
9. Microbial metabolism 48
* Fermentation
* Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
* Photosynthesis
10. Basics of environmental microbiology 56
(Microbial ecology)
* Environmental factors affecting growth
* Microbial growth control
* Nutrient Cycles
11. Microbe - Human Interaction. Infection and 64 Disease
* The human microbiome
* microbial pathogenicity and virulence
* Infection, infectious disease
* Epidemiology
* Study of specific pathogens and infectious diseases
* Antibiotics
* Vaccines and Vaccination
12. Viruses 93
* An introduction to the viruses
* Structure and classification of viruses
* Viral life cycles
* Viral Replication
* Subviral entities: viroids and prions
* Overview of human viruses
key 105
Microbiology and Virology:Revise Your Competence