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Microbiology
What is microbiology? If we break the word down it translates to “the study of small life,” where the small life refers to microorganisms or microbes. But who are the microbes? And how small are they? Generally microbes can be divided into two categories: the cellular microbes and the acellular microbes. In this textbook the focus will be on the bacteria and archaea (traditionally known as the “prokaryotes,”) and the viruses and other acellular agents.
- Author
- Linda Bruslind
- Publisher
- Oregon State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 22 sections
- 01: Introduction to Microbiology
- 02: Microscopes
- 03: Cell Structure I
- 04: Bacteria: Cell Walls
- 05: Bacteria: Internal Components
- 06: Bacteria - Surface Structures
- 07: Archaea
- 08: Introduction to Viruses
- 09: Microbial Growth
- 10: Environmental Factors
- 11: Microbial Nutrition
- 12: Energetics and Redox Reactions
- 13: Chemoorganotrophy
- 14: Chemolithotrophy and Nitrogen Metabolism
- 15: Phototrophy
- 16: Taxonomy and Evolution
- 17: Microbial Genetics
- 18: Genetic Engineering
- 19: Genomics
- 20: Microbial Symbioses
- 21: Bacterial Pathogenicity
- 22: The Viruses