Microbiology Basic and Clinical Principles Norman-McKay • 1st Edition • 0321928296

Ch. 1 - Introduction to Microbiology

Introduction to Biology Characteristics of Life Life's Organizational Hierarchy Natural Selection and Evolution Introduction to Taxonomy Scientific Method Experimental Design Microscopes

Ch. 2 - Biochemistry Basics

Atoms- Smallest Unit of Matter Isotopes Introduction to Chemical Bonding Covalent Bonds Noncovalent Bonds Ionic Bonding Hydrogen Bonding Introduction to Water Properties of Water- Cohesion and Adhesion Properties of Water- Density Properties of Water- Thermal Properties of Water- The Universal Solvent Acids and Bases pH Scale Carbon Functional Groups Introduction to Biomolecules Monomers & Polymers Carbohydrates Proteins Nucleic Acids Lipids

Ch. 3 - Introduction to Prokaryotic Cells

Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells Prokaryote Cell Structures

Ch. 4 - Introduction to Eukaryotic Cells

Introduction to Eukaryotic Organelles Endomembrane System: Protein Secretion Endomembrane System: Digestive Organelles Mitochondria & Chloroplasts Endosymbiotic Theory Introduction to the Cytoskeleton Cell Junctions

Ch. 5 - Genetics

History of Genetic Research DNA Replication Repair Mechanisms and Telomeres Semiconservative Replication Gene Expression and the Genetic Code Transcription RNA Processing Translation Mutation Prokaryote Reproduction and Gene Exchange

Ch. 6 - Viruses and Prions

Viruses

Ch. 8 - Microbial Metabolism

Introduction to Energy ATP Enzymes Enzyme Activation Energy Enzyme Binding Factors Enzyme Inhibition Introduction to Metabolism Redox Reactions Introduction to Cellular Respiration Types of Phosphorylation Glycolysis Pyruvate Oxidation Krebs Cycle Electron Transport Chain Chemiosmosis Review of Aerobic Cellular Respiration Fermentation & Anaerobic Respiration Prokaryote Metabolism and Ecology

Ch. 11 - Innate Immunity

Immune System Innate Immunity

Ch. 12 - Adaptive Immunity

Adaptive Immunity