MIcrobial Physiology

AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIAL WORLD PROKARYOTIC CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS METABOLISM BIOENERGETICS NUTRITIONAL TYPES OF MICROORGANISMS MICROBIAL GROWTH INFLUENCE OF ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS ON GROWTH BACTERIAL ENZYMES GLYCOLYSIS OR EMBDEN-MEYER PATHWAY CITRIC ACID CYCLE, TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE OR KREB'S CYCLE HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE PATHWAY (HMP SHUNT) CARBOHYDRATE BIOSYNTHESIS PHOTOSYNTHESIS CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION AND ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN BIOLUMINESCENCE PASTEUR EFFECT AMINO ACID BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OR TRANSLATION BIOSYNTHESIS OF MACROMOLECULES LIPID METABOLISM ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION TRANSPORT MECHANISM IN MICROBES NITROGEN CYCLE ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN AND SULPHUR NITROGEN FIXATION FERMENTATION REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF FUNGI AND BACTERIA APPENDIX