BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION -- BACTERIA AS PROKARYOTES -- DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE OF BACTERIA -- MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BACTERIA -- THE GRAM STAIN -- THE CELL ENVELOPE -- CAPSULES AND SLIME LAYERS -- FLAGELLA, FIMBRIAE, AND PILI -- CYTOPLASM -- BIOTYPES OF BACTERIA -- BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION -- REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES -- EXCHANGE OF GENETIC INFORMATION -- CHAPTER 2 GROWTH, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION OF BACTERIA -- BIOSYNTHESIS, NUTRITION, AND GROWTH OF BACTERIA -- GROWTH OF BACTERIAL POPULATIONS -- FACTORS AFFECTING BACTERIAL GROWTH -- BACTERIAL METABOLISM -- BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS OF BACTERIA -- BIOFILMS -- DISTRIBUTION IN NATURE -- THE IMPORTANCE OF BACTERIA TO HUMANS -- BACTERIA IN FOOD -- BACTERIA IN INDUSTRY -- BACTERIA IN MEDICINE -- EVOLUTION OF BACTERIA -- CHAPTER 3 TYPES OF BACTERIA -- APPROACHES TO BACTERIAL CLASSIFICATION -- CLASSIFICATION BY GENETIC DIVERGENCE -- CLASSIFICATION BY MORPHOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND OTHER FEATURES -- MAJOR TYPES OF BACTERIA -- GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA -- GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA -- ARCHAEA -- HABITATS OF THE ARCHAEA -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARCHAEA -- EXTREMOPHILES -- CHAPTER 4 VIRUS MORPHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION -- DEFINITION OF A VIRUS -- HOST RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION -- SIZE AND SHAPE -- THE NUCLEIC ACID -- THE PROTEIN CAPSID -- THE LIPOPROTEIN ENVELOPE -- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS -- EVOLUTION OF NEW VIRUS STRAINS -- CHAPTER 5 CYCLES AND PATTERNS OF VIRAL INFECTION -- THE CYCLE OF INFECTION -- VIRAL DNA INTEGRATION -- LYSOGENY -- MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION -- ROLE OF VIRUSES IN DISEASE -- INFECTIOUS PATTERNS -- LATENCY -- CHRONIC AND SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE DISEASES -- VIRUSES AND VACCINES -- CONTROLLING VIRAL INFECTION -- CHAPTER 6 TYPES OF VIRUSES -- DISTINGUISHING TAXONOMIC FEATURES -- MAJOR GROUPS OF DNA VIRUSES -- ADENOVIRUS -- ASFARVIRUS.

HEPADNAVIRUS -- HERPESVIRUS -- IRIDOVIRUS -- PAPILLOMAVIRUS -- PARVOVIRUS -- POLYOMAVIRUS -- POXVIRUS -- MAJOR GROUPS OF RNA VIRUSES -- ARENAVIRUS -- BUNYAVIRUS -- CALICIVIRUS -- CORONAVIRUS -- FLAVIVIRUS -- FILOVIRUS -- MYXOVIRUS -- ORTHOMYXOVIRUS -- PARAMYXOVIRUS -- PICORNAVIRUS -- REOVIRUS -- RETROVIRUS -- RHABDOVIRUS -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.