pt. 1. Bacteria : Bacterial taxonomy ; Cell structures, virulence factors, and toxins ; Bacterial genetics -- Gram-positive bacteria : Streptococcus ; Staphylococcus ; Bacillus and Clostridium (spore-forming rods) ; Corynebacterium and Listeria (non-spore-forming rods) -- Gram-negative bacteria : Neisseria ; The enterics ; Hospital-acquired gram negatives ; Haemophilus, Bordetella, and Legionella ; Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, and Pasteurella ; Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and friends ; Spirochetes -- Acid-fast bacteria : Mycobacterium -- Bacteria without cell walls : Mycoplasma -- Anti-bacterial medications : Penicillin family antibiotics ; Anti-ribosomal antibiotics ; Anti-TB and anti-leprosy antibiotics ; Miscellaneous antibiotics -- pt. 2. Fungi : The fungi ; Anti-fungal medications -- pt. 3. Viruses : Viral replication and taxonomy ; Orthomyxo and Paramyxoviridae ; Hepatitis Veridae ; Retroveridae, HIV, and AIDS ; Herpesviridae (contributing author: John Beigel) ; Rest of the DNA viruses ; Rest of the RNA viruses (contributing authors: Amy Guillet Agrawal and John Beigel ; Anti-viral medications -- pt. 4. Parasites : Protozoans ; Helminths -- pt. 5. Very strange critters : Prions (contributing author: Hans Henrik Larsen) -- pt. 6. The end : Antimicrobial resistance: one step toward the post-antibiotic era? (contributing authors, Amesh A. Adalja, Luciano Borio, and Clarence Lam) ; The agents of bioterrorism (contributing authors: Luciana Borio and Clarence Lam) ; Emerging infectious diseases (contributing authors: Amesh A Adalji and C. Scott Mahan) -- Bioterrorism defense updates : http://www.medmaster.net/BioterrorismDefense.html -- Atlas of microbiology : http://www.medmaster.net (free download) -- Index.