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843344
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Pommerville, Jeffrey C.
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Alcamo's Microbes and Society.
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4th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Sudbury :: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC,, 2014.
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1 online resource (821 pages)
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1284023486
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: 9781284023480
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1284023478
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9781284023473
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Growth Methods.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Brief Contents; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; To the Student-Study and Read Smart; A Tribute to I. Edward Alcamo; Part 1 The Microbial World; Chapter 1 The Microbial World: Surprising and Awesome; Looking Ahead; 1.1 Why Microbes Matter: Some Examples; Down on the Farm; In Our Foods; With Most Meals; In the Environment; In the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Industries; In the Human Body; 1.2 The Roots of Microbiology: The Pioneers; Robert Hooke (1635-1703); Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723); Louis Pasteur (1822-1895); Robert Koch (1843-1910).
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1.3 The Roots of Microbiology: The Golden Age1.4 The Microbial World: The Microbes; Types of Cellular Organization; The Microbial Menagerie Revisited; 1.5 Microbiology Today: Challenges Remain; New Disease Outbreaks; Drug-Resistant Microbes; Climate Change; A Final Thought; Chapter 2 Microbes in Perspective: Of Collectors, Classifiers, and Microscopists; Looking Ahead; 2.1 Naming Microbes: What's in a Name?; Binomial and Common Names; 2.2 Taxonomy: Cataloging Life; The Hierarchical Groups; The Domains of Life; 2.3 Microscopy: Seeing the Unseen; Microbial Measurements and Cell Size.
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Light MicroscopyOther Types of Light Microscopy; Electron Microscopy; 2.4 Cell Ultrastructure: Comparing Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells; Cell Structure; A Final Thought; Chapter 3 Molecules of the Cell: The Building Blocks of Life; Looking Ahead; 3.1 Chemistry Basics: Atoms, Bonds, and Molecules; Atoms and Bonding; Water; The Molecules of Microbes; 3.2 Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars and Polysaccharides; Simple Sugars; Polysaccharides; 3.3 Lipids: Fats, Phospholipids, and Sterols; Fats and Oils; Phospholipids; Sterols; 3.4 Proteins: Amino Acids and Polypeptides; Amino Acids.
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Polypeptides and Protein Shape3.5 Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA; A Final Thought; Chapter 4 The DNA Story: Chromosomes, Genes, and Genomics; Looking Ahead; 4.1 The Roots of DNA Research: Peas, Fruit Flies, and Microbes; Morgan's Fruit Flies; Microbes as Experimental Systems; 4.2 DNA: Its Structure and Duplication; The Double Helix; DNA Replication; 4.3 Gene Expression: DNA to Protein; Ribonucleic Acid and the Genetic Code; Transcription; Translation; Gene Regulation; 4.4 Genes and Genomes: Human and Microbial; Potential Benefits from the Human Genome Project.
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The Human Genome's "Microbial Ancestors"Sequencing Microbial Genomes; Microbial Genomics and the Understanding of the Microbial World; Potential Benefits from the Human Microbiome Project; A Final Thought; Chapter 5 The Prokaryotic World: The Bacteria and Archaea Domains; Looking Ahead; 5.1 Cell Structure: Form and Function; Prokaryotic Cell Morphology; Staining Procedures; Surface Structures and Appendages; Cytoplasmic Structures; 5.2 Prokaryotic Reproduction and Survival: Binary Fission and Endospores; Prokaryotic Reproduction; Endospores; 5.3 Prokaryotic Growth: Culturing Bacteria.
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Microbiology.
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Microbiology.
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Microbiology.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Biology.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Microbiology.
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| Dewey Classification
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579
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QR41.2.A434 2016
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Weeks, Benjamin S.
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