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    本书原版是国际上最具声誉的微生物学教科书之一，2017年最新版次为第10版。威利、舍伍德、伍尔弗顿主编的《PRESCOTT微生物学(第10版影印版)(英文版)》秉承《Prescott微生物学》一直以来博大精深、新颖、系统的特点，几乎涵盖了微生物学领域的所有概念，具有一定的深度和广度。全书共9篇43章，既包含学习微生物学的目的、微生物学的化学原理、研究微生物的技术方法、微生物的特性、分类、细胞的组分、结构、营养、生态、生长、代谢、遗传、遗传工程和控制，又涵盖微生物多样性、微生物生态、病理与免疫、微生物检测及应用微生物学。全书有超过900幅的高质量插图，许多图片精心设计并以分步方式给出，可以帮助学生想象复杂的细胞和分子过程，训练学生洞幽察微、抽象思维的能力。

Part One Introduction to Microbiology
  1  The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
    Micro Focus:Over 4,000 Potential Planets Discovered
    1.1  Members of the Microbial World
    1.2  Microbes Have Evolved and Diversified for
    Billions of Years
    1.3  Microbiology Advanced as New Tools for
    Studying Microbes Were Developed
    1.4  Microbiology Encompasses Many Subdisciplines
  2  Microscopy
    Micro Focus:
    Anthrax Bioterrorism Attack 2001
    2.1  Lenses Create Images by Bending Light
    2.2  There Are Several Types of Light
    Microscopes
    2.3  Staining Specimens Helps to Visualize and
    Identify Microbes
    2.4  Electron Microscopes Use Beams of
    Electrons to Create Highly Magnified Images
    2.5  Scanning Probe Microscopy Can Visualize
    Molecules and Atoms
  3  Bacterial Cell Structure
    Micro Focus: Hooking Up
    3.1  Use of the Term "Prokaryote" Is
    Controversial
    3.2  Bacteria Are Diverse but Share Some
    Common Features
    3.3  Bacterial Plasma Membranes Control
    What Enters and Leaves the Cell
    3.4  There Are Two Main Types of
    Bacterial Cell Walls
    Microbial Diversity & Ecology 3.1
    Gram Positive and Gram Negative or
    Monoderms and Diderms?
    3.5  The Cell Envelope Often Includes Layers
    Outside the Cell Wall
    3.6  The Bacterial Cytoplasm Is More
    Complex than Once Thought
    3.7  Many Bacteria Have External Structures
    Used for Attachment and Motility
    3.8  Bacteria Move in Response to
    Environmental Conditions
    3.9  Bacterial Endospores Are a Survival
    Strategy
  4  Archaeal CelIStructure
    Micro Focus:
    Cows and Buffaloes and Sheep,
    Oh My!
    4.1  Archaea Are Diverse but Share Some
    Common Features
    4.2  Six Major Types of Archaeal Cell
    Envelopes Have Been identified
    4.3  Archaeal Cytoplasm Is Similar to
    Bacterial Cytoplasm
    4.4  ManyArchaea Have External Structures
    Used for Attachment and Motility
    Microbial Diversity & Ecology 4.1
    What's in a Name?
    4.5  Comparison of Bacteria and Archaea
  5  Eukaryotic Cell
    Structure
    Micro Focus: Red Means Dead
    5.1  Eukaryotic Cells Are Diverse but
    Share Some Common Features
    5.2  Eukaryotic Cell Envelopes
    5.3  The Eukaryotic Cytoplasm Contains
    a Complex Cytoskeleton and Many
    Membranous Organelles
    5.4  Several Cytoplasmic Membranous
    Organelles Function in the Secretory
    and Endocytic Pathways
    5.5  The Nucleus and Ribosomes Are
    Involved in Genetic Control of the Cell
    5.6  Mitochondria, Related Organelles, and
    Chloroplasts Are Involved in Energy
    Conservation
    Microbial Diversity & Ecology 5.1
    There Was an Old Woman Who
    Swallowed a Fly
    5.7  Many Eukaryotic Microbes Have
    External Structures Used for Motility
    5.8  Comparison of Bacterial, Archaeal,and Eukaryotic Cells
Part Two  Microbial nutrition, growth, and control
Part Three  Microbial metabolism
Part Four  Microbial molecular biology and genetics
Part Five  The diversity of the microbial world
Part Six  Ecology and Symbiosis
Part Seven  Pathogenicity and Host Response
Part Eight  Microbial Diseases, Detection,and Their Control
Part Nine  Applied Microbiology