Microbiology: A Systems Approach

Cowan, Marjorie Kelly; Talaro, Kathleen Park

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071287779 ISBN 13: 9780071287777

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008

Microbiology: A Systems Approach is a non-majors microbiology textbook that has quickly become known for its unique organization, appealing writing style, and current medical applications. Cowan/Talaro utilizes an organ systems approach, but unlike any other book, this text first describes the clinical presentation (the particular set of symptoms) and then all of the organisms that could cause the symptom as opposed to just providing a long list of organisms to study. This treatment is unique and represents a real difference in the method of teaching microbiology.

Contenuti:

1 - The Main Themes of Microbiology
2 - The Chemistry of Biology
3 - Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms
4 - Procaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea
5 - Eucaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
6 - An Introduction to the Viruses
7 - Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth
8 - Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life
9 - Microbial Genetics
10 - Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology
11 - Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes
12 - Drugs, Microbes, Host—The Elements of Chemotherapy
13 - Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease
14 - Nonspecific Host Defenses Cowan’s Microbiology 2/e TOC, contd.
15 - Specific Immunity and Immunization
16 - Disorders in Immunity
17 - Diagnosing Infections
18 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and Eyes
19 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous System
20 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
21 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System
22 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract
23 - Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System
24 - Environmental Microbiology
25 - Applied Microbiology