★ ABOUT THE BOOK:
✔ This new edition of A Textbook of Microbiology continues to provide a comprehensive coverage on the basic principles of the subject with its focus on the concepts of ecology of microorganisms. The book has been written in lucid and easily understandable language for students. Each chapter has self-test exercise at the end of the book. Besides fulfilling the needs of undergraduate students, this book would also be useful for postgraduate students as well as aspirants of various competitive examinations.
★ KEY FEATURES:
✔ Exhaustive coverage on microorganisms and microbial interactions
✔ A detailed discussion on Covid -19 as one of the air borne viral disease
✔ Discussion on Viruses including bacteriophages and its importance
✔ Colored graphics and illustrations have been provided throughout the text for the better understanding of the concepts
★ USEFUL FOR:
✔ Primary Market: For B.Sc. and M.Sc. Students
✔ Secondary Market: Various Competitive Exams

Table of Contents:
1: Introduction 2: Classification of Microorganisms 3: Methods in Microbiology 4: The Microbial Cells: Morphology and Fine Structure 5: The Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA 6: Genes: Concept and Synthesis 7: Genetic Code 8: Microbial Genetics 9: Mutation and Mutagenesis 10: Gene Expression and Regulation 11: Gene Cloning in Microorganism (Genetic Engineering) 12: Microbial Metabolism 13: Bacterial Photosynthesis 14: Nitrogen Fixation 15: Viruses I (General Characters) 16: Viruses II (Plant Viruses and Sub-Viral Agents) 17: Viruses III (Animal Viruses and Prions) 18: Viruses IV (Bacteriophages, Cyanophages and Mycoviruses) 19: Pharmaceutical Microbiology 20: Industrial Microbiology 21: Microbiology of Milk, Dairy and Food 22: Immunology: Defense Mechanism, Immunity and Diagnosis 23: The Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology, Parasitism and Chemotherapy 24: Medical Microbiology I: Protozoan and Fungal Diseases 25: Medical Microbiology II: Bacterial and Viral Diseases 26: Human Cancer 27: Cellular Microbiology 28: Microbial Ecology I: Ecological Groups and Microbial Interactions 29: Microbial Ecology II: Extremophiles (Acidophiles, Alkaliphiles, Halophiles, Psychrophiles, Thermophiles & Hyperthermophiles and Barophiles 30: Microbial Ecology III: Soil Microbiology 31: Microbial Ecology IV: Water Microbiology 32: Microbiology of Air (Aeromicrobiology) 33: Environmental Microbiology 34: Agricultural Microbiology (Biofertilizers and Biopesticides) 35: Instrumentation in Microbiology