Books : Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (2nd Edition) (The Microbiology Place Series)
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by: Robert W. Bauman
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 579
EAN: 9780805376784
ISBN: 080537678X
Label: Benjamin Cummings
Manufacturer: Benjamin Cummings
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 896
Publication Date: January 13, 2006
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Sales Rank: 151200
Studio: Benjamin Cummings
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Filled with lively vignettes and cutting-edge research that highlight the intrinsic appeal of microbiology, Bauman’s Second Edition retains the book’s groundbreaking art program, includes a handy new “Microbe-at-a-Glance” feature, offers new options for the Microbiology Place website/CD-Rom, and provides instructors with a new Media Manager presentation package with 30 multi-step animations. KEY TOPICS: A Brief History of Microbiology, The Chemistry of Microbiology, Cell Structure and Function, Microscopy, Staining and Classification, Microbial Metabolism, Microbial Nutrition and Growth, Microbial Genetics, Recombinant DNA Technology, Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment, Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs, Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes, Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes, Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions, Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology, Innate Immunity, Specific Defense: Adaptive Immunity, Immunization and Immune Testing, Hypersensitivities, Autoimmune Diseases, and Immune Deficiencies, Pathogenic Gram-Positive Cocci and Bacilli, Pathogenic Gram-Negative Cocci and Bacilli, Mycoplasmas, Rickettsias, Chlamydias, Spirochetes, and Vibrios, Pathogenic Fungi, Parasitic Protozoa, Helminths, and Arthropod Vectors, Pathogenic DNA Viruses, Pathogenic RNA Viruses, Applied and Environmental Microbiology. KEY MARKET: For all readers interested in the study of microbiology.
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I ordered my book a month before my summer class was to begin. When I ordered my book, I was still living on campus and I would have been able to just walk across campus and paid $130 for the book. However, I saw the same book online for $105 so I decided to order it from here. I never recieved the book, and I had to file a claim, and nothing ever came of it yet. I was very hesitant to order something online, and this experience just prooved that I was right about how this stuff works. I just gave ... Read More
Rating:  - great text
This text is very helpful with its readable language and diagrams. It provides a sufficient review of basic biology and is written so that one could technically skip chapters and still understand the topics. The text's website and CD provide excellent review tests, flashcards, and animations.
However in some sections and chapters, the author has not organized the flow very well, especially the immunity chapters, and the text goes a little too deep for a 1-term college microbiology class. ... Read More
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