Currently an emeritus lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kenneth Todar Ph.D., has also taught microbiology to undergraduate students at the University of Texas, University of Alaska and the University of Wisconsin. He has been teaching since 1969.
He considers his online bacteriology textbook suitable for advanced high school students and undergraduate students studying general microbiology or medical microbiology. Todar admits that his textbook will never be complete – it is continually being updated with current material and other revisions.
The text is fully illustrated, searchable and indexed.
Table of Contents
- General Bacteriology
- Overview of Bacteriology
- The Impact of Microbes on the Environment and Human Activities
- Structure and Function of Procaryotes
- Nutrition and Growth of Bacteria
- Growth of Bacterial Populations
- Control of Microbial Growth
- The Diversity of Procaryotic Metabolism
- Regulation and Control of Metabolic Activities
- Bacteriophage
- Procaryotes in the Environment
- Important Groups of Procaryotes
- Bacterial Relationships with Animals
- The Nature of Host-Parasite Interactions
- The Bacterial Flora of Humans
- Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity
- Bacterial Pathogens of Humans
- Immune Defense against Microbial Pathogens: Innate Immunity
- Immune Defense against Microbial Pathogens: Adaptive Immunity
- Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis
- Bacterial Structure in Relationship to Pathogenicity
- Colonization and Invasion by Bacterial Pathogens
- Bacterial Defense against Phagocytosis
- Bacterial Defense against Immune Responses
- Bacterial Protein Toxins
- Bacterial Endotoxin
- Antimicrobial Agents Used in the Treatment of Infectious Disease
- Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
- Bacterial Pathogens and Diseases of Humans
- Staphylococcus and Staphylococcal Disease
- Streptococcus and Streptococcal Disease
- Streptococcus pneumoniae: Pneumonia, Otitis Media and Meningitis
- Listeria monocytogenes and Listeriosis
- Neisseria: Gonorrhea and Meningitis
- Haemophilus influenzae, including Hib Meningitis
- Opportunistic Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Vibrio vulnificus: Food Poisoning and Wound Infections
- Whooping Cough (Bordetella pertussis)
- E. coli: Gastroenteritis, Urinary Tract Infections and Neonatal Meningitis
- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
- Salmonella and Salmonellosis
- Shigella and Shigellosis
- Pathogenic Clostridia, including Tetanus and Botulism
- Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning
- Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax
- Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)
- Rickettsial Diseases, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Important Groups of Procaryotes
- Bacillus and Related Endospore-forming Bacteria
- Lactic Acid Bacteria, including Lactobacillus and Lactococcus
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme Disease
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Todar’s Online Textbook of Bacteriology
