Taxonomic Guide to Infectious Diseases: Understanding the Biologic Classes of Pathogenic Organisms

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Taxonomic Guide to
Infectious Diseases:

Understanding the Biologic
Classes of Pathogenic Organisms
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About the author
Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
1
Principles of taxonomy
	Section 1.1 The consequence of evolution is diversity
	Section 1.2 What is a classification?
	Section 1.3 The tree of life
	Glossary
	References
2
Species and speciation
	Section 2.1 A species is a biological entity
	Section 2.2 The biological process of speciation
	Section 2.3 Diverse forms of diversity
	Section 2.4 The species paradox
	Glossary
	References
3
Bacteria
	Section 3.1 Overview of Class Bacteria
	Section 3.2 Alpha Proteobacteria
	Section 3.3 Beta Proteobacteria
	Section 3.4 Gamma Proteobacteria
	Section 3.5 Epsilon Proteobacteria
	Section 3.6 Spirochaetes
	Section 3.7 Bacteroidetes and Fusobacteria
	Section 3.8 Mollicutes
	Section 3.9 Class Bacilli plus Class Clostridia
	Section 3.10 Chlamydiae
	Section 3.11 Actinobacteria
	Glossary
	References
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Eukaryotes
	Section 4.1 Overview of Class Eukaryota
	Section 4.2 Metamonada
	Section 4.3 Euglenozoa
	Section 4.4 Percolozoa
	Section 4.5 Apicomplexa
	Section 4.6 Ciliophora (ciliates)
	Section 4.7 Heterokonta
	Section 4.8 Amoebozoa
	Section 4.9 Choanozoa
	Section 4.10 Archaeplastida
	Glossary
	References
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Animals
	Section 5.1 Overview of Class Animalia
	Section 5.2 Opisthokonts to Class ParaHoxozoa
	Section 5.3 Bilaterians to Protostomes
	Section 5.4 Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
	Section 5.5 Nematoda
	Section 5.6 Acanthocephala
	Section 5.7 Chelicerata
	Section 5.8 Hexapoda
	Section 5.9 Crustacea
	Glossary
	References
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Fungi
	Section 6.1 Overview of Class Fungi
	Section 6.2 Zoopagomycota and Mucoromycota (formerly Zygomycota)
	Section 6.3 Basidiomycota
	Section 6.4 Ascomycota
	Section 6.5 Microsporidia
	Glossary
	References
7
Viruses
	Section 7.1 Viruses and the meaning of life
	Section 7.2 Viral phylogeny
	Section 7.3 Group I viruses: Double-stranded DNA
	Section 7.4 Group II viruses: Single-stranded (+) sense DNA
	Section 7.5 Group III viruses: Double-stranded RNA
	Section 7.6 Group IV viruses: Single-stranded (+) sense RNA
	Section 7.7 Group V viruses: Single-stranded (−) sense RNA
	Section 7.8 Group VI viruses: Single-stranded RNA reverse transcriptase viruses with a DNA intermediate in life cycle
	Section 7.9 Group VII viruses: Double-stranded DNA reverse transcriptase viruses
	Glossary
	References
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Changing how we think about infectious diseases
	Section 8.1 Abandoning Koch's postulates
	Section 8.2 Prion diseases: Fulfilling Koch's postulates, but without an organism
	Section 8.3 Diagnostic challenges
	Section 8.4 Discovering new infections among the diseases of unknown origin
	Section 8.5 Unstable taxonomies
	Section 8.6 Taxonomic stupidity
	Section 8.7 Recurring sources of error
	Glossary
	References
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