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Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response

1 review
Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century

National Academies Press, 2003

What's not to like?
This document is a report written by the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences. It highlights the 13 current reasons for the emergence and re-emergence of microbial disease. My only problem is whith this book is that it didn't highlight the "Lack of political will" chapter enough. Most of the other 12 reasons could be controlled if we as a globe could overcome the "Lack of ...

Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism
Byung Hong Kim, Geoffrey Michael Gadd

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Recent determination of genome sequences for a wide range of bacteria has made in-depth knowledge of prokaryotic metabolic function essential in order to give biochemical, physiological, and ecological meaning to the genomic information. Clearly describing the important metabolic processes that occur in prokaryotes under different conditions and in different environments, this advanced text provides an overview of the key cellular processes that ...

Schaechter's Mechanisms of Microbial Disease (Mechanisms of Microbial Disease (Schaechter))

3 reviews

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

Indispensable guide to microbiology
Excellent presentation of material relevant to all aspects of microbiology mechanisms within the medical industry. Core book! A must have!

The Microbial Challenge: Human-Microbe Interactions

1 review
Robert I. Krasner

Amer Society for Microbiology, 2002

Gives Wonder to a Normally Dry Topic
This is one of the best microbiology textbooks I have run across. Krasner's talents as a writer makes it a joy to read. He enlivens his subject matter with vivid decription and memorable examples. And unlike many introductions to the subject, which tend to overwhelm with exhuasting detail, this textbook restores a sense of wonder, proportion. and awe to the lowly microbe. Another plus is how key ...

Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution

20 reviews
Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan

University of California Press, 1997

On microbes: the real rulers of the planet.
Microcosmos is a natural history of the unseen beings upon whom we depend every moment for survival: the microbes. Margulis, who is currently Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Massachusetts, did undergraduate work in biology and received her PhD in Genetics. She worked with James Lovelock on developing the Gaia theory, which posits that the earth ...

The Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotes

4 reviews
David White

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

An Essential Microbiology Reference
This is an excellent resource for biochemical pathways, relationships, and diagrams of prokaryotic physiology. The written material is particularly lucid, which is greatly appreciated. While the diagrams are simple and in black-and-white print, their reduced complexity lends clarity to the concepts illustrated. I highly recommend this book to anyone in the microbial sciences at the ...

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans (Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied Microbiology)

4 reviews
Ralph Mitchell

Wiley-Liss, 2008

Expert Review
"Microbial Ecology of the Oceans" presents timely and up-to-date reviews of various aspects of microbial ecology of the marine water column....Well-written and authoritative chapters should make it useful as a text for advanced courses and for graduate students. Altogether, I can warmly recommend it to anyone interested in microbial ecology and biological oceanography." --Tom Fenchel, Marine ...

Microbial Life, Second Edition
James T. Staley; Robert P. Gunsalus; Stephen Lory; Jerome J. Perry

Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007

Microbial Life captures the richness, the intellectual excitement, and present-day understanding of the role of the microbe in evolution, human health, and in our lives. It is written for sophomore to senior undergraduates who have a general understanding of chemical concepts and biochemistry. Rob Gunsalus, who has taught introductory microbiology at UCLA for 20 years, has joined the author team and is solely responsible for Parts II and III ...

A Field Guide to Bacteria (Comstock Book)

4 reviews
Betsey Dexter Dyer

Cornell University Press, 2003

Brilliant concept, great execution, fun book
This fun and informative book starts with the brilliant idea of identifying bacteria by their MACROscopic field marks (colors, smells, effects) rather than by microscope. You would never believe how many bacteria one can identify by "field marks" alone, and readers will be surprised at how much fun the identification and discussion of bacteria can be. The author's execution of the guide -- her ...

Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas
Stefan Helmreich

University of California Press, 2009

Alien Ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond national boundaries. Working alongside scientists at sea and in labs in Monterey Bay, Hawai'i, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Sargasso Sea and at undersea volcanoes in the eastern Pacific, Stefan Helmreich charts how revolutions in genomics, ...

Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry
Eugene L. Madsen

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

This well-referenced, inquiry-driven text presents an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of the emerging field of environmental microbiology. Coherent and comprehensive treatment of the dynamic, emerging field of environmental microbiology Emphasis on real-world habitats and selective pressures experienced by naturally occurring microorganisms Case studies and ?Science and the Citizen? features relate issues in the public?s mind ...

Accessing Uncultivated Microorganisms: From the Environment to Organisms and Genomes and Back

ASM Press, 2008

This book provides a comprehensive overview and discusses the latest developments in the field. It details various innovative methods for assessment of microbes both within and outside of the laboratory. It reviews many different methods used in microbial ecology and environmental microbiology. It presents chapters authored by world-renowned experts in the field. It highlights various aspects of assessing microorganism from the environment. It ...

Microbial Diversity: Form and Function in Prokaryotes
Oladele Ogunseitan

Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

This book offers the first comprehensive, in-depth treatment of microbial diversity for undergraduate and graduate students. Using a global approach, Microbial Diversity illustrates the impact of microorganisms on ecological and Earth system phenomena. Accompanied by a devoted website with resources for both instructors and students: www.blackwellpublishing.com/ogunseitan Uses key ecological and global phenomena to show the continuity of ...

Revenge Of The Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining The Antibiotic Miracle

2 reviews
Abigail A. Salyers, Dixie D. Whitt

ASM Press, 2005

Good overview of antibiotics and resistance
When antibiotics first came on the market in the 1940s, the general idea was that this was the end of infectious diseases. Unfortunately this has proven to be a false assumption. The fight against infectious diseases is a true arms race: every time mankind invents a drug, the pathogens find mechanisms to circumvent the action of the drug and to survive in a hostile environment. This book ...

Microbes in Motion 3 CD-ROM
Gloria Delisle, Lewis Tomalty

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2001

This interactive, easy-to-use general microbiology CD-ROM helps students actively explore and understand microbial structure and function through audio, video, animations, illustrations, and text. The CD is appropriate for both majors and non-majors microbiology courses and is a cross-platform product, making it compatible with both Windows and Macs.

Medical Microbiology: A Guide to Microbial Infections: Pathogenesis, Immunity, Laboratory Diagnosis and ...
David Greenwood, Richard C. B. Slack, ...

Churchill Livingstone, 2007

"...reaches the high standards set by previous editions and should be a required purchase for all medical and biomedical students." British Journal of Biomedical Science (review of 16th edition) Now in full colour, this new edition of the bestselling Medical Microbiology covers Microbial biology; Infection and immunity; Bacterial pathogens and associated diseases; Viral pathogens and associated diseases; Fungal pathogens and parasitic ...

Microbial Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Applied Microbiology
Alexander N. Glazer, Hiroshi Nikaido

Cambridge University Press, 2007

Knowledge in microbiology is growing exponentially through the determination of genomic sequences of hundreds of microorganisms and the invention of new technologies such as genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, to deal with this avalanche of information. These genomic data are now exploited in thousands of applications, ranging from those in medicine, agriculture, organic chemistry, public health, biomass conversion, to biomining. ...

Microbial Fuel Cells

1 review
Bruce E. Logan

Wiley-Interscience, 2008

Great Introduction
This book was a great introduction for me on MFCs. It really introduced me to all the basic concepts I needed to know in terms of energy (voltage, amperage, polarization curves etc.). It was also a great introduction to methods and materials. I would reccomend this book to anyone trying to learn about MFCs. I think that even people with experience in these systems could use this book as a ...

Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications (4th Edition)
Ronald M. Atlas, Richard Bartha

Benjamin Cummings, 1997

Staying current in a discipline where advances are defined by methodological developments can be a challenge - that's why more people choose Microbial Ecology over any other resource available. The fourth edition features enhanced coverage of hot topics such as biofilms, thermal vent communities, extreme habitats, starvation response, molecular methods for studying microbial ecology, microbial biodiversity, biodegradation and ...

Microbial Inhabitants of Humans: Their Ecology and Role in Health and Disease

2 reviews
Michael Wilson

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Should be a required med school textbook!
This very thorough textbook is an enlightening visitation of an ignored organ. The trillions of microbes inhabiting our bodies certainly impact our state of health. Those desiring to help others or themselves should purchase and read this textbook. I'm glad I read it, its help me to better understand how health is affected by our parasitic partners.

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