About the Book

Textbook of Microbiology

The microbiology of individual diseases is taken up from the point of view of the region of the body principally affected, the normal flora of that region is discussed, and the important pathological conditions. The branch microbiology remained for a long time a discipline almost completely isolated from the rest of biology. Its scope has enlarged tremendously during the last 30 years or so. The efforts in this book are to exploit the development in its economic use. The micro-organisms are vital to economy to any country. A microbiologist usually first isolated a specific microorganism from a population and then culture it. Thus microbiology employs techniques—such as sterilization and the use of culture media that are necessary for successful isolation and growth of microorganism. Microbiologist have made significant contributions to basic biological sciences as well as in the applied areas of public health and medical sciences, agriculture, industry and environmental sciences. The most dramatic current development in applied microbiology is due to development of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology. This book, the reader beside basic concept will also gain an overview of current status and interesting aspects of modern microbiology. The comments and criticisms from the readers are welcomed for the improvement. CONTENTS : (1)The Scope and Character of Microbiology (2)Properties and Classification of Microorganisms (3)Microbial Reproduction and Growth (4)General Structure of the Virus (5)General Structure of the Bacteria (6)General Structure of the Fungi (7)Food and Soil Microbiology (8)Replication of DNA in Prokaryotes and Enkaryotes (9)The Method of Microscope.