The author team of Prescott’s Microbiology continues to provide a modern approach to microbiology using evolution as a framework. This new 12th edition integrates impactful new changes to include a fresh new design to engage students and important content updates including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 which are prominently featured, taxonomic schemes that have been extensively revised, recent epidemiological data, and mRNA vaccines which just scrapes the surface of this new edition.

Contents

Part I: Introduction to Microbiology

  • The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
  • Microscopy
  • Bacterial Cell Structure
  • Archaeal Cell Structure
  • Eukaryotic Cell Structure
  • Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part II: Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control

  • Bacterial and Archaeal Growth
  • Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
  • Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Part III: Microbial Metabolism

  • Introduction to Metabolism
  • Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
  • Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part IV: Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics

  • Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
  • Regulation of Cellular Processes
  • Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
  • Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
  • Microbial DNA Technologies
  • Microbial Genomics

Part V: The Diversity of the Microbial World

  • Archaea
  • Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
  • Proteobacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
  • Protists
  • Fungi
  • Viruses

Part VI: Ecology and Symbiosis

  • Exploring Microbes in Ecosystems
  • Microbial Interactions
  • Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
  • Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Part VII: Pathogenicity and Host Response

  • Innate Host Resistance
  • Adaptive Immunity
  • The Microbe-Human Ecosystem
  • Infection and Pathogenicity

Part VIII: Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control

  • Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
  • Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
  • Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
  • Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
  • Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part IX: Applied Microbiology

  • Microbiology of Food
  • Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
  • Applied Environmental Microbiology

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