Table of Contents
1 Cover
2 PREFACE
5 PART I: New Concepts in Microbiology CHAPTER 1: Bacteria: Many Friends, Few Enemies CHAPTER 2: Bacteria: Highly Organized Unicellular Organisms CHAPTER 3: The RNA Revolution CHAPTER 4: From the CRISPR Defense System to the CRISPR/Cas9 Method for Modifying Genomes CHAPTER 5: Antibiotic Resistance
6 PART II: Sociomicrobiology: The Social Lives of Bacteria CHAPTER 6: Biofilms: When Bacteria Gather Together CHAPTER 7: How Bacteria Communicate: Chemical Language and Quorum Sensing CHAPTER 8: When Bacteria Kill Each Other CHAPTER 9: Human-Animal Symbioses: The Microbiotas CHAPTER 10: Bacterium-Plant Symbioses: Microbiotas of Plants CHAPTER 11: Endosymbiotic Relationships
7 PART III: The Biology of Infections CHAPTER 12: Pathogenic Bacteria, Major Scourges, and New Diseases CHAPTER 13: The Multiple Strategies of Pathogenic Bacteria CHAPTER 14: Pathogenic Bacteria in Insects CHAPTER 15: Plants and Their Pathogenic Bacteria CHAPTER 16: New Visions in Infection Defense
8 PART IV: Bacteria as Tools CHAPTER 17: Bacteria as Tools for Research CHAPTER 18: Bacteria: Old and New Health Tools CHAPTER 19: Bacteria as Environmental Tools CHAPTER 20: Conclusion
9 APPENDIX: Major Figures in Microbiology
10 GLOSSARY
11 BIBLIOGRAPHY
13 INDEX
List of Illustrations
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5 Chapter 5Figure 11
6 Chapter 6Figure 12
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8 Chapter 8Figure 14
9 Chapter 11Figure 15
10 Chapter 12Figure 16
11 Chapter 13Figure 17Figure 18
Guide
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