TALARO FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY (ISE)

Talaro’s Foundations in Microbiology is an allied health microbiology text with a taxonomic approach to the disease chapters. It offers an engaging and accessible writing style through the use of case studies and analogies to thoroughly explain difficult microbiology concepts.

Table of contents

CHAPTER 1- The Main Themes of Microbiology

CHAPTER 2- The Chemistry of Biology

CHAPTER 3- Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms

CHAPTER 4- A Survey of Prokaryotic Cells and Microorganisms 

CHAPTER 5- A Survey of Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms

CHAPTER 6- An Introduction to Viruses, Viroids, and Prions

CHAPTER 7- Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth

CHAPTER 8- An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life

CHAPTER 9- An Introduction to Microbial Genetics

CHAPTER 10- Genetic Engineering and Genetic Analysis

CHAPTER 11- Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control

CHAPTER 12- Drugs, Microbes, Host—The Elements of Chemotherapy

CHAPTER 13- Microbe–Human Interactions: Infection, Disease, and Epidemiology

CHAPTER 14- An Introduction to Host Defenses and Innate Immunities

CHAPTER 15- Adaptive, Specific Immunity, and Immunization

CHAPTER 16- Disorders in Immunity

CHAPTER 17- Procedures for Identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections

CHAPTER 18- The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance

CHAPTER 19- The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance

CHAPTER 20- The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance

CHAPTER 21- Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease

CHAPTER 22- The Fungi of Medical Importance

CHAPTER 23- The Parasites of Medical Importance

CHAPTER 24- Introduction to Viruses that Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses

CHAPTER 25- The RNA Viruses that Infect Humans

CHAPTER 26- Environmental Microbiology

CHAPTER 27 Applied and Industrial Microbiology