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  • Chapter 1 An Invisible World
  • Chapter 2 How We See the Invisible World
  • Chapter 3 The Cell
  • Chapter 4 Prokaryotic Diversity
  • Chapter 5 The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
  • Chapter 6 Acellular Pathogens
  • Chapter 7 Microbial Biochemistry
  • Chapter 8 Microbial Metabolism
  • Chapter 9 Microbial Growth
  • Chapter 10 Biochemistry of the Genome
  • Chapter 11 Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
  • Chapter 12 Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
  • Chapter 13 Control of Microbial Growth
  • Chapter 14 Antimicrobial Drugs
  • Chapter 15 Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
  • Chapter 16 Disease and Epidemiology
  • Chapter 17 Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
  • Chapter 18 Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
  • Chapter 19 Diseases of the Immune System
  • Chapter 20 Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
  • Chapter 21 Skin and Eye Infections
  • Chapter 22 Respiratory System Infections
  • Chapter 23 Urogenital System Infections
  • Chapter 24 Digestive System Infections
  • Chapter 25 Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
  • Chapter 26 Nervous System Infections
  • Appendix - Taxonomy
  • Glossary
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Chapter 6

Acellular Pathogens

Introduction

Viruses

The Viral Life Cycle

Isolation, Culture, and Identification of Viruses

Viroids, Virusoids, and Prions

Summary

Review Questions Multiple Choice True/False

Fill in the Blank Short Answer Critical Thinking

ANSWERS

KEY WORDS

Are Viruses Alive?? from August 8, 2008 Scientific American

T4 Phage Infection

Polio Epidemics

Herpes Virus Replication

Viral Life Cycle Worksheets ANSWERS

Vaccination

Small Pox as a Weapon Small Pox History

Paleovirology (where did viruses come from)

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