PART I: THE MICROBIAL CELL

Chapter 1. Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
Chapter 2. Observing the Microbial Cell
Chapter 3. Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 4. Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
Chapter 5. Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 6. Virus Structure and Function

PART II: GENES AND GENOMES

Chapter 7. Genomes and Chromosomes
Chapter 8. Transcription, Translation, and Bioinformatics
Chapter 9. Gene Transfer, Mutations, and Genome Evolution
Chapter 10. Molecular Regulation
Chapter 11. Viral Molecular Biology
Chapter 12. Molecular Techniques and Biotechnology

PART III: METABOLISM AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Chapter 13. Energetics and Catabolism
Chapter 14. Respiration, Lithotrophy, and Photolysis
Chapter 15. Biosynthesis
Chapter 16. Food and Industrial Microbiology

PART IV: MICROBIAL DIVERSITIY AND ECOLOGY

Chapter 17. Origins and Evolution
Chapter 18. Bacterial Diversity
Chapter 19. Archaeal Diversity
Chapter 20. Eukaryotic Diversity
Chapter 21. Microbial Ecology
Chapter 22. Microbes and the Global Environment

PART V: MEDICINE AND IMMUNOLOGY

Chapter 23. Human Microbiota and Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 24. The Adaptive Immune Response
Chapter 25. Microbial Pathogenesis
Chapter 26. Microbial Diseases
Chapter 27. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Chapter 28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology

APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Biological Molecules
Appendix 2. Introductory Cell Biology: Eukaryotic Cells