Microbe
3rd Edition
Published on 10. June 2022
752 pages
978-1-68367-372-9 (ISBN)
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M Swanson
Microbe
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06/2022
3rd Edition
American Society for Microbiology
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MICHELE S. SWANSON, PHD, is a professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her research group investigates how metabolic cues govern Legionella pneumophila's resilience in the environment and virulence in phagocytes.
ELIZABETH A. JOYCE, PHD, is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California at San Francisco where her primary role is teaching microbiology and immunology in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
RACHEL E.A. HORAK, MA, PHD, is a senior specialist in the Education Department at the American Society for Microbiology, where she facilitates a large, international faculty learning community of microbiology educators with the goal of increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion for all undergraduate students.
ELIZABETH A. JOYCE, PHD, is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California at San Francisco where her primary role is teaching microbiology and immunology in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
RACHEL E.A. HORAK, MA, PHD, is a senior specialist in the Education Department at the American Society for Microbiology, where she facilitates a large, international faculty learning community of microbiology educators with the goal of increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion for all undergraduate students.
Content
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
About the Authors xiii
Part I Fundamentals of Microbial Life 1
1 A Microbial Planet 2
2 Microbial Cell Exterior: Envelopes and Appendages 22
3 Microbial Cell Interior 52
4 Microbial Cell Growth and Division 72
5 Microbial Metabolism 96
6 Bioenergetics of Fueling 114
7 Synthesis of Building Blocks 144
8 Building Macromolecules 180
9 Building the Cell Envelope 212
10 Inheritance and Information Flow 234
11 Coordination of Cell Processes 268
12 Succeeding in the Environment 292
13 Differentiation and Development in Bacteria 324
Part II Microbial Diversity 347
14 Bacteria and Archaea 348
15 The Fungi 376
16 Protists 392
17 The Viruses 414
18 Viral Latency 450
Part III Microbial Ecology 471
19 Microbial Communities 472
20 Cycles of Elements 504
21 Microbial Interactions 536
22 The Human Gut Microbiome 570
Part IV Microbial Pathogenesis 585
23 Infection: The Vertebrate Host 586
24 Opportunistic Infections by Microbiota: MRSA 610
25 Intracellular Pathogens: Listeria and Mycobacterium 626
26 Toxins and Epidemic Cholera: Phage Giveth, and Phage Taketh Away 646
27 Zoonoses: How Plague Emerged from a Foodborne Illness 662
Coda 675
Glossary 677
Index 705
Acknowledgments xi
About the Authors xiii
Part I Fundamentals of Microbial Life 1
1 A Microbial Planet 2
2 Microbial Cell Exterior: Envelopes and Appendages 22
3 Microbial Cell Interior 52
4 Microbial Cell Growth and Division 72
5 Microbial Metabolism 96
6 Bioenergetics of Fueling 114
7 Synthesis of Building Blocks 144
8 Building Macromolecules 180
9 Building the Cell Envelope 212
10 Inheritance and Information Flow 234
11 Coordination of Cell Processes 268
12 Succeeding in the Environment 292
13 Differentiation and Development in Bacteria 324
Part II Microbial Diversity 347
14 Bacteria and Archaea 348
15 The Fungi 376
16 Protists 392
17 The Viruses 414
18 Viral Latency 450
Part III Microbial Ecology 471
19 Microbial Communities 472
20 Cycles of Elements 504
21 Microbial Interactions 536
22 The Human Gut Microbiome 570
Part IV Microbial Pathogenesis 585
23 Infection: The Vertebrate Host 586
24 Opportunistic Infections by Microbiota: MRSA 610
25 Intracellular Pathogens: Listeria and Mycobacterium 626
26 Toxins and Epidemic Cholera: Phage Giveth, and Phage Taketh Away 646
27 Zoonoses: How Plague Emerged from a Foodborne Illness 662
Coda 675
Glossary 677
Index 705
