Red Flower Publications

Microbiology and Virology:Revise Your Competence

Editor(s)/Author:

Dina Yarullina

Status: Available

Publication Year: 2022-11-30

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* 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

Dina Yarullina

Department of Microbiology,

Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology,

Kazam Federal University, Kremlevskaya str. 18,

Kazan 420008, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation,