Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-314) and index.
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Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction to Microbiology -- Microbial Cell Structure -- Bacteria: Structure and Functions -- Classification of Bacteria -- Human Microbial Flora -- Viruses: Structure and Functions -- Viral Effects on Cells -- Microbial Ecology -- Microbial Genetics -- Microbial Nutrition and Growth -- Microbial Epidemiology -- Bacterial Pathogens -- Viral Pathogens -- Basic Mycology -- Microbiology of Protozoans -- Infectious Diseases -- Immune Defence against Microbes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Although microbes were first observed over three hundred years ago, the field of microbiology can be said to be in its infancy relative to older biological disciplines such as zoology and botany. Microbiology could be defined as the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster micro-scopic organisms. Whilst there are undoubtedly some who fear all microbes due to the association of some microbes with many human illnesses, many microbes are also responsible for many beneficial processes such as plants.