BookJules J. Berman.
Contents:
Pt. I. Principles of taxonomy. The magnitude and diversity of infectious diseases
What is a classification?
The tree of life
pt. II. Bacteria. Overview of Class Bacteria
The Alpha Proteobacteria
Beta Proteobacteria
Gamma Proteobacteria
Epsilon Proteobacteria
Spirochaetes
Bacteroidetes and Fusobacteria
Mollicutes
Class Bacilli plus Class Clostridia
Chlamydiae
Actinobacteria
pt. III. Eukaryotes. Overview of Class Eukaryota
Metamonada
Euglenozoa
Percolozoa
Apicomplexa
Ciliophora (ciliates)
Heterokontophyta
Amoebozoa
Choanozoa
Archaeplastida
pt. IV. Animals. Overview of Class Animalia
Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Nematoda (roundworms)
Acanthocephala
Chelicerata
Hexapoda
Crustacea
Craniata
pt. V. Fungi. Overview of Class Fungi
Zygomycota
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Microsporidia
pt. VI. Nonliving infectious agents : viruses and prions. Overview of viruses
Group I viruses : double-stranded DNA
Group II viruses : single-stranded (+)sense DNA
Group III viruses : double-stranded RNA
Group IV viruses : single-stranded (+)sense RNA
Group V viruses : single stranded (-)sense RNA
Group VI viruses : single-stranded RNA reverse transcriptase viruses with a DNA intermediate in life-cycle
Group VII viruses : double stranded DNA reverse transcriptase viruses
Prions
Appendices : I. Additional notes on taxonomy
II. Number of occurrences in some common infectious diseases
III. Organisms causing infectious disease in humans.