Rev. ed. of: Biology of microorganisms / Thomas D. Brock, Michael T. Madigan. 6th ed. c1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: an overview of microbiology and cell biology -- Cell chemistry -- Cell biology -- Metabolism, biosynthesis and nutrition -- Macromolecules and molecular genetics -- Viruses -- Microbial genetics -- Genetic engineering and biotechnology -- Growth and its control -- Industrial microbiology -- Host-parasite relationships -- Immunology and immunity -- Clinical and diagnostic microbiology -- Epidemiology and public health microbiology -- Major microbial diseases -- Metabolic diversity among the microorganisms -- Microbial ecology.;Molecular systematics and microbial evolution -- Bacteria -- Archaea -- Eukarya: eukaryotic microorganisms -- Energy calculations in microbial bioenergetics -- Mathematics of growth and chemostat operation -- Bergey's classification of bacteria.