General microbiology / Roger Y. Stanier ... [et al.].
By: Stanier, Roger Y
.
Contributor(s): Ingraham, John L
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BookPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Macmillan Education ; Prentice-Hall, 1987Edition: 5th ed.Description: xiv, 689 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0333417682.Subject(s): Microbiology| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 576 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00043125 |
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The fifth edition of this successful text continues to present microbiology within the framework of general biology. Brief chapters on history and methods are followed by detailed treatment of structure, metabolism, growth, environmental factors and microbial genetics. An introductory section dealing with bacterial classifications prefaces 13 chapters concerned with characteristics of groups of micro-organisms.
Previous ed: 1977.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginnings of microbiology -- The methods of microbiology -- The nature of the microbial world -- Microbial metabolism: fuelling reactions -- Microbial metabolism: biosynthesis, polymerization, assembly -- The relation between structure and function in procaryotic cells -- Microbial growth -- Effect of the environment on microbial growth -- The viruses -- Microbial genetics: gene function and mutation -- Microbial genetics: genetic exchange and recombination -- Regulation -- The classification and phylogeny of bacteria -- The archaebacteria -- The photosynthetic eubacteria -- The chemoautotrophic and methophilic eubacteria -- Gram-negative aerobic eubacteria -- The gliding eubacteria -- The enteric group and related eubacteria -- Gram-negative anaerobic eubacteria -- Gram-negative eubacteria: spirochetes, rickettsias and chlamydias -- Gram-positive eubacteria: unicellular endospore formers -- Gram-positive fermentative eubacteria -- Gram-positive eubacteria: the actinomycetes -- The mollicutes -- The protists -- Microorganisms as geochemical agents -- Symbiosis -- Nonspecific host defense -- The immune system -- Microbial pathogenesis -- Human pathogens -- The exploitation of microorganisms by humans.