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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: 

Discovery of Microbes

Properties of Life

Properties of Life (continued)

Germ Theory of Disease

Immunization

Definitions

Chapter 2: Introduction to Microbes

Chapter 2 (continued)

Prokaryotic Structures

Archaeobacteria

Aarchaeobacteria

Eubacteria

Viruses

Microbial Diversity & Antimicrobial Therapy

Chapter 3: Tools for Investigating the Microbial World

Microscopes (cont.)

Microscopes (cont.)

Stains

GRAM STAIN

Gram Stain (cont)

Other Stains: Acid-Fast

Other Stains

Culture Techniques

Isolation Techniques

Chapter 4: Prokaryotes

Morphology

Cell Structures: Prokaryotic

Cell Membrane (cont.)

Cell Wall (Peptidoglycan)

Peptidoglycan

PPT Slide

Peptidoglycan Properties

Gram - Bacteria

Lipopolysaccharide

Wall-deficient variants

Archaeobacterial cell walls

Other Prokaryotic Organelles

Flagella

Flagella & Pili

Chapter 10: Bacteria- Systematics and Nomenclature

Nomenclature: Prokaryotes

Nomenclature: Bergery’s Manual

Chapter 11: Fungi

Chapter 12: Protists- Protozoa, Algae and Slime Molds

Chapter 13: Viruses

Viruses: Morpholgy

Viruses: Classification

Viruses: Replication

Virus Replication

Virus: Lysogenic Cycle

Viruses: Oncogenic/Viroid/Prion

Viruses: Detection and Cultivation

Viruses: Resistance & Recovery 

Viruses: Control of viral disease

Author: Elliott Blumenthal