Prescott's Microbiology: 2026 Release ISE

Part One Introduction to Microbiology
1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
2. Microscopy
3. Bacterial Cell Structure
4. Archaeal Cell Structure
5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure
6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents

Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control
7. Bacterial and Archaeal Growth
8. Control of Microorganisms in the Environment
9. Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Part Three Microbial Metabolism
10. Introduction to Metabolism
11. Catabolism: Energy Release and Conservation
12. Anabolism: The Use of Energy in Biosynthesis

Part Four Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics
13. Bacterial Genome Replication and Expression
14. Regulation of Cellular Processes
15. Eukaryotic and Archaeal Genome Replication and Expression
16. Mechanisms of Genetic Variation
17. Microbial DNA Technologies
18. Microbial Genomics

Part Five The Diversity of the Microbial World
19. Archaea
20. Nonproteobacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria
21. Proteobacteria
22. Gram-Positive Bacteria
23. Protists
24. Fungi
25. Viruses

Part Six Ecology and Symbiosis
26. Exploring Microbes in Ecosystems
27. Microbial Interactions
28. Biogeochemical Cycling and Global Climate Change
29. Microorganisms in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
30. Microorganisms in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Part Seven Pathogenicity and Host Response
31. Innate Host Resistance
32. Adaptive Immunity
33. The Microbe-Human Ecosystem
34. Infection and Pathogenicity

Part Eight Microbial Diseases, Detection, and Their Control
35. Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
36. Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
37. Human Diseases Caused by Viruses and Prions
38. Human Diseases Caused by Bacteria
39. Human Diseases Caused by Fungi and Protists

Part Nine Applied Microbiology
40. Microbiology of Food
41. Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
42. Applied Environmental Microbiology

Appendix 1 A Review of the Chemistry of Biological Molecules
Appendix 2 Common Metabolic Pathways
Appendix 3 Microorganism Pronunciation Guide

The author team of Prescott's Microbiology continues to provide a modern approach to microbiology by using evolution as a framework. With an impactful introduction to the entire microbial world covered in separate chapters on the structure and function of bacteria and archaea which is followed by the discussion of eukaryotic cells and viruses. You will also find a broad coverage of microbial ecology which is demonstrated by content that ranges from global climate change to the human microbiome.