Introduction to MicrobiologyJohn Ingraham, president of ASM in l993, and Catherine Ingraham have written an extremely current and clearly written text in microbiology with some unique features that are described below. |
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BASIC CHEMISTRY | 20 |
Learning Goals | 47 |
Providing a Suitable Laboratory Environment | 71 |
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active agents algae amino acids anaerobic animals antibiotics antibodies antigens antimicrobial atoms bacteria bacterial cell bacterium bind blood body bonds called carbon cause cell wall cell's Chapter chemical chromosome clinical syndrome cloning common contain culture damage defenses develop diagnosis diarrhea disease drug electron encode endospores enter environment enzymes epidemic Escherichia coli eucaryotic example fever Figure flagella flora function fungi genes genetic gonorrhea Gram-negative Gram-positive grow growth hepatitis host cell human hydrogen immune system infection influenzae intestinal kill laboratory life-threatening lymphocytes meningitis metabolism microbial microbiology microorganisms microscope molecules normal nutrients occurs organisms oxygen pathogens pathway patients penicillin peptidoglycan percent phage phagocytes phagocytosis plasma membrane pneumonia prevent procaryotic produce proteins protozoa reactions receptors replication respiratory ribosomes sexual skin species strains Streptococcus structure surface symptoms temperature tion tissue toxic toxin tract transmission transmitted treatment tuberculosis usually vaccine viral virions virus viruses