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<h3><strong>UNIT 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY</strong></h3>
<ol>
<li>The Microbial World</li>
<li>Microbial Cell Structure and Function</li>
<li>Microbial Metabolism</li>
<li>Microbial Growth and Its Control</li>
<li>Viruses and Their Multiplication</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 2: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS</strong></h3>
<ol start="6">
<li>Microbial Information Flow and Protein Processing</li>
<li>Microbial Regulatory Systems</li>
<li>Molecular Aspects of Microbial Growth</li>
<li>Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 3: GENOMICS, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION</strong></h3>
<ol start="10">
<li>Microbial Genomics and Other Omics</li>
<li>Viral Genomics and Diversity</li>
<li>Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology</li>
<li>Microbial Evolution and Genome Dynamics</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 4: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY</strong></h3>
<ol start="14">
<li>Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms</li>
<li>Ecological Diversity of Bacteria</li>
<li>Phylogenetic Diversity of Bacteria</li>
<li>Phylogenetic Diversity of Archaea</li>
<li>Diversity of Microbial Eukarya</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 5: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY</strong></h3>
<ol start="19">
<li>Taking the Measure of Microbial Systems</li>
<li>Microbial Ecosystems</li>
<li>Nutrient Cycles</li>
<li>Microbiology of the Built Environment</li>
<li>Microbial Symbioses with Microbes, Plants, and Animals</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 6: MICROBE &ndash; HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM</strong></h3>
<ol start="24">
<li>Microbial Symbioses with Humans</li>
<li>Microbial Infection and Pathogenesis</li>
<li>Innate Immunity: Broadly Specific Host Defenses</li>
<li>Adaptive Immunity: Highly Specific Host Defenses</li>
<li>Immune Disorders and Antimicrobial Therapy</li>
</ol>
<h3><strong>UNIT 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES</strong></h3>
<ol start="29">
<li>Diagnosing Infectious Diseases</li>
<li>Epidemiology and Public Health</li>
<li>Person-to-Person Bacterial and Viral Diseases</li>
<li>Vectorborne and Soilborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases</li>
<li>Waterborne and Foodborne Bacterial and Viral Diseases</li>
<li>Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungi, Protozoa, and Helminths</li>
</ol>
</div>

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