Description Talaro’s Foundations in Microbiology: Basic Principles is an allied health microbiology text with a taxonomic approach to the disease chapters. It offers an engaging and accessible writing style through the use of case studies and analogies to thoroughly explain difficult microbiology concepts. Global Changes to the Twelfth Edition Thousands of changes were made to this edition, most of which you'd never notice. Sentences were clarified, statistics were updated, figure legends were changed. All in the name of making this edition a little bit better than the last. The following list represents a few of the larger changes you'll encounter. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: McGraw Hill is dedicated to creating products that foster a culture of belonging and are accessible to all the diverse global customers we serve. Within this edition, content has been reviewed to implement inclusive content guidelines around topics including generalizations and stereotypes, gender, abilities/ disabilities, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, diversity of names, and age. Art Accessibility: Accessibility has been improved in this edition by ensuring meaningful text and images are distinguishable and perceivable by users with limited color vision and moderately low vision. Table of Contents 1. The Main Themes of Microbiology 2. The Chemistry of Biology 3. Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms 4. A Survey of Prokaryotic Cells and Microorganisms 5. A Survey of Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms 6. An Introduction to Viruses, Viroids, and Prions 7. Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth 8. An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life 9. An Introduction to Microbial Genetics 10. Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology 11. Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control 12. Drugs, Microbes, Host--The Elements of Chemotherapy 13. Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection, Disease, and Epidemiology 14. An Introduction to Host Defenses and Innate Immunities 15. Adaptive, Specific Immunity and Immunization 16. Disorders in Immunity 17. Procedures for Identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections 18. The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance 19. The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance 20. The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance 21. Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease 22. The Fungi of Medical Importance 23. The Parasites of Medical Importance 24. Introduction to Viruses That Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses 25. The RNA Viruses That Infect Humans 26. Environmental Microbiology 27. Applied and Industrial Microbiology