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Book SynopsisAbout our authors
ROBERT W. BAUMAN is a professor of biology and past chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at Amarillo College in Amarillo, Texas. He has taught microbiology, human anatomy and physiology, and botany for over thirty years. In 2004, the students of Amarillo College selected Dr. Bauman as the recipient of the John F. Mead Faculty Excellence Award and he has been nominated for the one-time award every year since. He received an M.A. degree in botany from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in biology from Stanford University. His research interests have included the morphology and ecology of freshwater algae, the cell biology of marine algae (particularly the deposition of cell walls and intercellular communication), environmentally triggered chromogenesis in butterflies, and terrestrial oil pollution remediation by naturally occurring bacteria. He is a member of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) where he has hel
Table of Contents
- A Brief History of Microbiology
- The Chemistry of Microbiology
- Cell Structure and Function
- Microscopy; Staining; and Classification
- Microbial Metabolism
- Microbial Nutrition and Growth
- Microbial Genetics
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment
- Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs
- Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes
- Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes
- Characterizing and Classifying Viruses; Viroids; and Prions
- Infection; Infectious Diseases; and Epidemiology
- Innate Immunity
- Adaptive Immunity
- Immunization and Immune Testing
- Immune Disorders
- Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Wounds
- Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes
- Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
- Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
- Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
- Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems
- Applied and Industrial Microbiology
- Microbiology Ecology and Microbiomes
