BIOS Instant Notes in Microbiology

Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
A1 The microbial world......Page 11
B1 Prokaryotic systematics......Page 15
B2 Identification of Bacteria......Page 18
B3 Inference of phylogeny from rRNA gene sequence......Page 21
C1 Discovery and history......Page 25
C2 Prokaryotic diversity......Page 27
C3 Culture of bacteria in the laboratory......Page 30
C4 Enumeration of microorganisms......Page 34
C5 Looking at microbes......Page 38
C6 The major prokaryotic groups......Page 45
C7 Composition of a typical prokaryotic cell......Page 55
C8 The bacterial cell wall......Page 61
C9 Cell division......Page 67
C10 Bacterial flagella and movement......Page 71
C11 Prokaryotes and their environment......Page 74
D1 Measurement of microbial growth......Page 79
D2 Batch culture in the laboratory......Page 86
D3 Large-scale and continuous culture......Page 90
E1 Heterotrophic pathways......Page 95
E2 Electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and beta-oxidation of fatty acids......Page 100
E3 Autotrophic reactions......Page 104
E4 Other unique microbial biochemical pathways......Page 112
F1 DNA – the primary informational macromolecule......Page 117
F2 Genomes......Page 121
F3 DNA replication......Page 126
F4 Transcription......Page 134
F5 Messenger RNA and translation......Page 144
F6 Signal transduction and environmental sensing......Page 147
F7 DNA repair......Page 152
F8 Transfer of DNA between cells......Page 156
F9 Recombination......Page 161
F10 Bacteriophages......Page 166
F11 Plasmids......Page 171
G1 Biotechnology......Page 175
G2 Food microbiology......Page 177
G3 Recombinant microorganisms in biotechnology......Page 182
G4 Microbial bioproducts......Page 186
H1 Taxonomy......Page 189
H2 Eukaryotic cell structure......Page 193
H3 Cell division and ploidy......Page 200
I1 Fungal structure and growth......Page 206
I2 Fungal nutrition......Page 211
I3 Reproduction in fungi......Page 214
I4 Beneficial effects......Page 221
I5 Detrimental effects......Page 225
J1 Taxonomy and structure......Page 227
J2 Nutrition and metabolism......Page 238
J3 Life cycles......Page 244
J4 Beneficial effects......Page 253
J5 Detrimental effects......Page 256
K1 Virus structure......Page 258
K2 Virus taxonomy......Page 263
K3 Virus genomes......Page 268
K4 Virus proteins......Page 277
K5 Cell culture and virus propagation......Page 283
K6 Virus assay......Page 289
K7 Virus replication......Page 295
K8 Virus infections......Page 306
K9 Viruses and the immune system......Page 313
K10 Virus vaccines......Page 318
K11 Antiviral chemotherapy......Page 323
K12 Plant viruses......Page 329
K13 Prions and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies......Page 334
Further reading......Page 340
Abbreviations......Page 342
Index......Page 344