RT Book, Section
A1 Ryan, Kenneth J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1148673285
T1 Bacteria—Basic Concepts
T2 Sherris Medical Microbiology, 7e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259859809
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148673285
RD 2024/04/18
AB OverviewBacteria  are  the  smallest  and  most  versatile  independently  living  cells.  This  chapter  examines  the  structural,  metabolic,  and  genetic  features  that  contribute  to  the  ubiquity  and  diversity  of  this  large  group  of  microorganisms.  The  discussion  which  follows  focuses  on  the  characteristics  of  the  tiny  sliver  of  the  bacterial  world  which  causes  disease  in  humans.  The  goal  is  to  provide  the  background  and  vocabulary  fundamental  to  understanding  how  bacterial  pathogens  deploy  their  structural  and  metabolic  products  to  confound  the  immune  system  and  produce  injury  to  the  human  hosts  they  invade.  These  mechanisms  will  then  be  explained  in  the  20  chapters  that  follow.