MICROBIOLOGY - M.H. Serhiichuk - 2008

Introduction

Chapter 1. DISCOVERY OF MICROORGANISMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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Chapter 2. MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE BACTERIAL CELL

Methods of Microscopic Examination of Microorganisms

BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY

ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE PROKARYOTIC CELL

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Chapter 3. BACTERIAL GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION

Bacterial Cell Division. The Cell Cycle

PATTERNS OF MICROBIAL POPULATION DEVELOPMENT IN BATCH CULTURE

Continuous Cultivation

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CHAPTER 4. BACTERIAL GENETICS

GENETIC APPARATUS OF THE BACTERIAL CELL

MODIFICATION VARIABILITY

DISSOCIATION

Repair of Damaged DNA

GENETIC RECOMBINATION

Bacterial Plasmids

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Chapter 5. MICROBIAL METABOLISM

Nutritional Requirements of Microorganisms. Culture Media

Transport of Substances into the Microbial Cell

INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MICROBIAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS

Types of microbial metabolism

TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS IN MICROORGANISMS

CATABOLISM OF AEROBIC CHEMOORGANOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS

Catabolism of aerobic chemolithotrophic microorganisms

ENERGY GENERATION AND REDUCTION EQUIVALENTS IN PHOTOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS

SELECTED ANABOLIC PROCESSES IN MICROORGANISMS

MECHANISMS OF CARBON ASSIMILATION BY MICROORGANISMS

MECHANISMS OF NITROGEN AND SULFUR ASSIMILATION BY MICROORGANISMS

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Chapter 6. PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS

Fermentation

Anaerobic respiration

Methanogenesis

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Chapter 7. MICROBIAL SYSTEMATICS

POSITION OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE SYSTEM OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Taxonomic terminology

Principles of bacterial classification

BRIEF CHARACTERISTICS OF PROKARYOTIC TAXONOMIC GROUPS

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Chapter 8. MICROORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON MICROORGANISMS

Soil microorganisms

Aquatic microorganisms

Microbial interactions in nature

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Chapter 9. THE ROLE OF MICROORGANISMS IN BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Nitrogen cycle

Microbial transformation of sulfur compounds

TRANSFORMATION OF PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS

Iron cycle

Carbon cycle

Microbial degradation of natural substances

BACTERIAL PREPARATIONS FOR ENHANCING SOIL FERTILITY

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Chapter 10. INFECTION AND INFECTIOUS PROCESS

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE OF MICROORGANISMS

GENETIC CONTROL OF PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

REGULATION OF PATHOGENICITY FACTOR EXPRESSION IN BACTERIA

Epidemiology of the infectious process

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Chapter 11. ANTIBIOTICS. PROBIOTICS

Antibiotics and their classification

Probiotics

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Chapter 12. HUMAN APPLICATIONS OF MICROORGANISMS

Food industry

Microbial synthesis

Medicine

Agriculture

Biogeotechnology

Environmental Bioremediation

Environmental Bioremediation

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