Chess, B: Talaro's Foundations In Microbiology

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

Barry Chess has been teaching microbiology at Pasadena City College for over 15 years. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from California State University, Los Angeles, and did several years of postgraduate work at the University of California, Irvine, where his research focused on the expression of eukaryotic genes involved in the development of muscle and bone. At Pasadena City College, Barry developed a new course in human genetics and helped to institute a biotechnology program. He regularly teaches courses in microbiology, general biology, and genetics, and works with students completing independent research projects in biology and microbiology. Over the past several years, Barrys interests have begun to focus on innovative methods of teaching that lead to greater student understanding. He has written cases for the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science and presented talks at national meetings on the use of case studies in the classroom. In 2009, his laboratory manual, Laboratory Applications in Microbiology: A Case Study Approach, was published. He is thrilled and feels very fortunate to be collaborating with Kathy Talaro, with whom he has worked in the classroom for more than a decade, on this ninth edition. Barry is a member of the American Society for Microbiology and regularly attends meetings in his fields of interest, both to keep current of changes in the discipline and to exchange teaching and learning strategies with others in the field.