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The Basic Microbiology section covers chapters on fundamental aspects of microbiology such as historical milestones in microbiology, microbial taxonomy, structure, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and physical and chemical control of microorganisms including principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy. The Applied Microbiology section lays emphasis on the diverse applications of microorganisms in industry, health, environment and agriculture and includes chapters on soil, air and water microbiology, food and environmental microbiology, industrial microbiology and biotechnology and a fascinating field of exobiology highlighting discovery of microbes in outer space. The Medical Microbiology section includes important chapters on fundamentals of immunology and microbial pathogenesis, various infectious diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites in humans which include mycoses, skin, eye and ear diseases, oral and dental diseases, upper and lower respiratory tract diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, urogenital and sexually transmitted diseases, systemic and nervous system diseases and a chapter on diagnostic microbiology which deals with the techniques used by a clinical microbiologist to isolate and identify the pathogenic microorganism in a clinical specimen. This endeavor would be useful for the graduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers in various disciplines including the biological sciences, biotechnology, engineering, pharmacy, nursing and medical sciences, agriculture, foods and nutrition, environmental sciences and clinical microbiology laboratories. The primary objectives of this textbook are: to involve the reader in the relevance and excitement of microbiology, to help understand and appreciate the natural roles, structure and functions of microorganisms, to continue building up of knowledge and to facilitate the ability to supply the subject content and also to encourage skills that makes reader lifelong learner in the subject.

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"Dr. K.R. Aneja joined the teaching faculty in 1978 as lecture and later appointed Reader and Professor and also the Chairman of the Department of Microbiology from 1998 to 2007 at Kurukshetra, India. Dr. Aneja is a recipient of INSA, Royal Society Academic Exchange Fellowship. He has visited University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland, IMI, IIBC, UK and several other institutions as a honorary guest and a distinguished scientist. He has successfully completed six major research projects financed by the DFID, UK UGC, New Delhi and Ministry of Environment and Forests. Dr. Aneja is a Fellow of the Indian Botanical Society, Fellow of the Indian Phytopathological Society, and recently elected as Recorder, Plant Sciences, Section, Indian Science Congress Association, for the sessions 2008 and 2009 and member of the executives of Mycopathological Society and JIBS and a Life member of several national and international academic societies. He has published over 120 research papers and reviews in national and international journals/proceedings/books. Dr. Aneja's commitment to writing is long-standing. He is an author of experiments in Microbiology, Plant and Biotechnology, now in 4th edition, he is a co-author of An Introduction to Mycology and editor of ""From Ethnomycology to Fungal Biotechnology"" published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, USA and Glimpses in Plant Science. His research interests are in the area of pharmaceutical industrial and food microbiology, biotechnology and environmental microbiology with major emphasis on biopesticides. Pranay Jain is a lecturer who joined the faculty in 2004 in biotechnology at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University. He is registered for Ph.D. on the problem entitled 'control of dental caries and periodontal disease by soil microorganisms'. Raman Aneja is a dental surgeon and has hands-on-skill in various surgical operations such as root canal therapy, gum surgery, and oral surgery. He has specialised in cosmetic and authetic dentistry and has a keen interest in studies on oral microflora and its role in dental caries and periodontal microbiology."

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