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Part 1: the scope of microbiology; the microbial world; historical perspective; fundamental chemical principles; structure and function of eubacteria and archaea. Part 2: microbial physiology; nutrition and growth; nutrition, isolation, and cultivation of microorganisms; microbial growth; control of growth. Part 3: microbial physiology; metabolism; conservation of chemically generated energy; conservation of photochemically generated energy; biosynthesis of monomers; assembly of cell structures; microbial biodegradation. Part 4: genetics and basic virology; basic genetics; viruses; genetic exchange; recombinant DNA. Part 5: microbial evolution and diversity; taxonomy of eubacteria and archaea; evolution; gram-negative heterotrophic eubacteria; gram-positive heterotrophic eubacteria; photogrophic; chemolithotrophic, and methyloptrophic eubacteria; archaebacteria; eukaryotic organisms. Part 6: microbial ecology; microorganisms and ecosystems; beneficial symbiotic associations; host-parasite relationships - non-specific host resistance. Part 7: immunology and medical microbiology; basic responses of the immune system; immunity and immune dysfunction; major microbial diseases of humans; major viral diseases of humans; epidemiology and clinical microbiology. Part 8: applied microbiology; industrial microbiology; environmental microbiology.