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	Introduction and Scope of Microbiology
	Chemistry
	Gross Morphology
	Magnification and Lenses
	Microscopes
	Visualizing Microbes
	Ultrastructure 1: The Protoplasm
	Ultrastructure 2: The Cell Envelope
	Ultrastructure 3: External Structures
	Nutrition
	Growth
	Environmental Effects on Growth
	Metabolism
	Catabolism
	Anabolism
	Genetics
	Principles of Microbial Taxonomy
	Taxonomic Groups
	Principles of Viruses
	Animal Viruses and Viroids & Prions
	Control 1: Chemical and Physical
	Control 2: Chemotherapeutics
	Control 3: Evaluation and Other Factors

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