Part One Introduction to Microbiology
Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
Chapter: 2. Microscopy
Chapter: 3. Bacterial Cell Structure
Chapter: 4. Archaeal Cell Structure
Chapter: 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
Chapter: 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
Chapter: 7. Bacterial and Archaeal Growth
Chapter: 8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
Chapter: 9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Part Three Microbial Metabolism
Chapter: 10. Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter: 11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
Chapter: 12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
Chapter: 13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 14. Regulation of Cellular Processes
Chapter: 15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
Chapter: 16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
Chapter: 17. Microbial DNA Technologies
Chapter: 18. Microbial Genomics

Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World
Chapter: 19. Archaea
Chapter: 20. Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
Chapter: 21. Proteobacteria
Chapter: 22. Gram-Positive Bacteria
Chapter: 23. Protists
Chapter: 24. Fungi
Chapter: 25. Viruses

Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis
Chapter: 26. Exploring Microbes in Ecosystems
Chapter: 27. Microbial Interactions
Chapter: 28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
Chapter: 29. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Chapter: 30. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response
Chapter: 31. Innate Host Resistance
Chapter: 32. Adaptive Immunity
Chapter: 33. The Microbe-Human Ecosystem
Chapter: 34. Infection and Pathogenicity
Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control
Chapter: 35. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
Chapter: 36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Chapter: 37. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
Chapter: 38. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
Chapter: 39. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part Nine Applied Microbiology
Chapter: 40. Microbiology of Food
Chapter: 41. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
Chapter: 42. Applied Environmental Microbiology

Appendix 1 A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules
Appendix 2 Common Metabolic Pathways
Appendix 3 Microorganism Pronunciation Guide