PART I FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: What Is Microbiology and Why Does It Matter?
Chapter 2: Fundamental Chemistry for Microbiology
Chapter 3: Essentials of Metabolism
Chapter 4: An Introduction to Cell Structure and Host-Pathogen Relationships

PART II DISEASE MECHANISMS
Chapter 5: Requirements for Infection
Chapter 6: Transmission of Infection, the Compromised Host, and Epidemiology
Chapter 7: Principles of Disease
Chapter 8: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

PART III CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
Chapter 9: The Clinical Significance of Bacterial Anatomy
Chapter 10: Bacterial Growth
Chapter 11: Microbial Genetics and Infectious Disease
Chapter 12: The Structure and Infection Cycle of Viruses
Chapter 13: Viral Pathogenesis
Chapter 14: Parasitic and Fungal Infections

PART IV HOST DEFENSE
Chapter 15: The Innate Immune Response
Chapter 16: The Adaptive Immune Response
Chapter 17: Failures of the Immune Response

PART V CONTROL AND TREATMENT
Chapter 18: Control of Microbial Growth with Disinfectants and Antiseptics
Chapter 19: Antibiotics
Chapter 20: Antibiotic Resistance

PART VI MICROBIAL INFECTIONS
Chapter 21: Infections of the Respiratory System
Chapter 22: Infections of the Digestive System
Chapter 23: Infections of the Genitourinary System
Chapter 24: Infections of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 25: Infections of the Blood
Chapter 26: Infections of the Skin and Eyes

PART VII THE BEST AND THE WORST; IMPORTANT ISSUES IN MICROBIOLOGY
Chapter 27: Biotechnology
Chapter 28: Bioterrorism