Preface; The Enteric Bacterial Cell and the Age of Bacteria; Variations on a Theme by Escherichia; Part I: Molecular Architecture and Assembly of Cell Parts (11 chapters); Part II: Metabolism and General Physiology (58 chapters); Part III: Utilization of Energy for Cell Activities (7 chapters); Part IV: Regulation of Gene Expression (19 chapters); Part V: Growth of Cells and Cultures (12 chapters); Part VI: Genome, Genetics and Evolution (40 chapters); Part VII: Molecular Pathogenesis (7 chapters)