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	Brock Biology of Microorganisms: AND Microbiology a Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory by Steven K. Alexander, Dennis Strete, Michael T. Madigan, John Martinko, Paul V. Dunlap, David P. Clark
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Product Details Binding Paperback EAN 9781405823876 ISBN 1405823879 Manufacturer Benjamin Cummings Number Of Items 1 Publication Date July 07, 2005 Publisher Benjamin Cummings Availability Usually ships in 1-2 business days Product Description Brock Biology of Microorganisms: International Edition, 11/e The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, outstanding art and photos, and accuracy. It balances the most current coverage with the major classical and contemporary concepts essential for understanding microbiology. The authors' clear, accessible writing style speaks to today's students while maintaining the depth and precision science majors need. Microbiology: A Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory, 1/e Tailored for the introductory microbiology laboratory course, the book features approximately 400 color photographs that demonstrate the results of laboratory procedures and show the morphology of important microorganisms. The photographs demonstrate the unique characteristics of common microorganisms and also their appearance after various stains and tests. Many of the photographs are labeled to point out important structures. The clearly written descriptions accompanying the photos helps students understand and, in some cases, achieve the results depicted in the photographs. The Atlas is appropriate for both majors and non-majors. Brock Biology of Microorganisms: International Edition, 11/e The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, outstanding art and photos, and accuracy. It balances the most current coverage with the major classical and contemporary concepts essential for understanding microbiology. The authors' clear, accessible writing style speaks to today's students while maintaining the depth and precision science majors need. Microbiology: A Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory, 1/e Tailored for the introductory microbiology laboratory course, the book features approximately 400 color photographs that demonstrate the results of laboratory procedures and show the morphology of important microorganisms. The photographs demonstrate the unique characteristics of common microorganisms and also their appearance after various stains and tests. Many of the photographs are labeled to point out important structures. The clearly written descriptions accompanying the photos helps students understand and, in some cases, achieve the results depicted in the photographs. The Atlas is appropriate for both majors and non-majors. For nearly 30 years and seven editions, Biology of Microorganisms has been the bible for introductory microbiology courses. Always known for its scholarship and outstanding art program the new eighth edition includes enhanced student pedagogy and a new exciting media package. Preface As we enter the new millennium the rapid pace of basic research and the enormous possibilities for applications have thrust the field of microbiology into the forefront of the biological sciences. Through the years the science of microbiology has kept its roots firmly planted in fundamental principles. But now with the explosion of new molecular methods for both field and laboratory studies microbiologists can ask questions and do experiments that they could only dream of years ago. Indeed, as one notable microbiologist put it recently, the science of microbiology is 'on a roll.' It is during this exciting time that we present to students and instructors of microbiology a snapshot of microbiology today in the form of the ninth edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms (BBOM). What's New in Organization? In the 30 years since the first edition of this book, originally titled Biology of Microorganisms, was published, many things have changed in the field of microbiology. The new edition of BBOM has also seen many changes—some minor, some not so minor—from that of the previous edition. In terms of chapter organization, the ninth edition follows along the lines of the eighth with two exceptions: (1) The chapter on 'Microbial Evolution and Systematics' has been moved forward to Chapter 12 to set the stage for later chapters on microbial diversity, metabolic diversity, and ecology. With this move, every chapter in the book that deals with organisms and their activities in nature (including medical microbiology) can be seen, as it should be, within a phylogenetic context. And (2), the chapter entitled 'Microbial Growth Control' has been moved back to Chapter 18 in this edition to immediately precede the medical/ immunology block of chapters where it fits better as an introduction to this material. Because medical microbiology is such an important area of our science, the disease chapter has been restructured and split into two chapters. Chapter 23 is now entitled 'Person-to-Person Microbial Diseases' and exclusively covers microbial diseases transmitted in this fashion. Here one will find up-to-the-minute coverage of airborne and sexually transmitted pathogens and the diseases they cause. In Chapter 24, entitled 'Animal-Transmitted, Vectorborne, and Common-Source Microbial Diseases,' one finds coverage of important diseases transmitted by insects or animals such as malaria, Lyme, hantavirus and rabies, and diseases caused by a common vehicle such as foodborne and waterborne diseases. Those instructors who structure their introductory courses around a theme of medical microbiology will now find more than enough coverage of diseases and the disease process in the ninth edition. Finally, it should also be mentioned that the new organization in BBOM 9/e conforms very closely to the recommendations of the Education Division of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for teaching introductory microbiology courses. This includes the content outline of the new ASM telecourse in microbiology, whose 12-part series produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting and funded by the Annenberg Corporation closely mirrors the organization of material in the ninth edition. What's New in Content? What isn't new? Every chapter in this book has seen revision, in some cases, very extensive revision. The authors' goal in producing this new edition was to maintain the breadth and depth of coverage that users have come to expect from this book while at the same time keeping things within bounds, both in terms of what students should be expected to master in one semester, and the overall length of an 'introductory' textbook. As for previous editions of this book, the ninth has tried to strike a balance between concepts and details such that the beginning student is not overwhelmed while the more experienced student can still use the book as a general resource. A very important point for instructors to note is the numbered head system used in this book. As for all eight previous editions, BBOM 9/e is constructed in a modular fashion, using numbered heads to group off major topics within each chapter. Instructors should take advantage of this system by assigning to their students as much or as little (depending on the depth and breadth desired) of the material of a given chapter as necessary. Instructors know that most textbooks can not (and should not) be covered in a single semester course, and BBOM 9/e is no exception. While some chapters of this book should be covered in their entirety in the introductory course, others need only be sampled. The numbered head system makes sampling convenient for instructors and at the same time partitions concepts into more digestible portions for students. Highlights of the revision include: (1) a more streamlined chapter on cell chemistry (now entitled 'Macromolecules') to put the focus on the structure of the cells' major molecules; (2) a major new section on prokaryotic genomics (Chapter 9) to reflect the great excitement and advances occurring in this area today; (3) a major reorganization of the material on prokaryotes (Chapters 13 and 14) along phylogenetic lines to better integrate the evolutionary material in Chapter 12 with the properties of the organisms themselves; (4) extensive coverage of the exciting areas of phylogenetic probes and other fluorescent probes and their use in clinical medicine and microbial ecology (Chapters 16 and 21); (5) an expanded treatment of eukaryotic microorganisms and eukaryotic cell structure (Chapter 17); (6) a heavily reorganized immunology chapter which, following the pattern of the successful 'nucleic acids' box in Chapter 6, separates out the molecular details of immunology into a box ('Molecular Biology of the Immune Response') for those instructors that wish to cover the field at the molecular level, while retaining the basic concepts of immunology in the text for those who wish to take a more practical approach to teaching this important area; and (7) an exciting description of the recent emergence of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (in the new Chapter 24). In summary, long-time users of this book will find a number of old friends between the covers and will meet a number of new ones as they go along. New users of this book will likely find it to be a refreshing, modern approach to teaching the science of microbiology. Either way, the book itself, coupled with the helpful pedagogical and instructional aids that make up the complete package (see below), should make the ninth edition of BBOM the most 'teachable' for the instructor and the most useful to the student, of them all. Pedagogical Aids Previous users of this text will quickly notice the entirely new art program in BBOM 9/e. Every piece of art has been re-done, with special care to introduce more three dimensionality where pedagogically useful, and with a better eye for color usage. As before, color is a learning tool in BBOM 9/e and instructors will find that students quickly grasp the significance of color for reinforcing important concepts. High quality photos and photomicrographs have been a mainstay of Biology of Microorganisms since the first edition appeared in 1970. BBOM 9/e is no exception and contains over 75 new color and black and white photos, most of which, like in previous editions, were supplied by top researchers in the field. Indeed, the combination of a more pleasing art style and superb photos should be well received by today's 'visual' generation of students. As has become a tradition with this book, BBOM 9/e incorporates several study aids into the body of each chapter. Concept links (signaled by the blue 'chain link' icon) are the ties between what has just been read and related material found elsewhere in the book; Concept Checks (found at the end of each numbered head) are a brief overview of the previous material followed by several short questions designed to ensure understanding of critical concepts; and the Working Glossary (that begins each chapter) is a dictionary of the essential terms to be encountered therein. With regular use of these study aids students will (1) know where to go within the book to read more about a particular topic; (2) instantly know whether they have mastered a given concept; and (3) have a fingertip reference to the key terminology. In addition to these study aids built into each chapter, BBOM 9/e contains an extensive list of end of chapter study questions designed to both recall important concepts and apply them to solving problems. This new edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms comes complete with a companion Website (prenhall/brock). On this site you will find supplementary materials for each chapter, an advanced readings list, and a new learning aid introduced with the ninth edition, the 'Testing Center.' Instructors are well aware that students nowadays like to prepare for upcoming examinations by taking 'practice exams.' In the BBOM 9/e Testing Center students can do this by taking a 'Virtual Exam' for each unit of material, testing their preparedness with thousands of on-line questions de The book for introductory microbiology, Brock's Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, outstanding art, and accuracy. It balances the most current coverage with the major classical concepts essential for understanding the science. A six-part presentation covers principles of microbiology; evolutionary microbiology and microbial diversity; metabolic diversity and microbial ecology; immunology, pathogenicity, and host responses; microbial diseases; and microorganisms as tools for industry and research. For researchers, group leaders, senior scientists in pharmaceuticals, chemicals and biochemical biotechnology companies, and public health laboratories. *Michael T. Madigan* received a bachelor's degree in biology and education from Wisconsin State University at Stevens Point in 1971 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1974 and 1976, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Bacteriology. His graduate work involved study of hot spring phototrophic bacteria under the direction of Thomas D. Brock. Following three years of postdoctoral training in the Department of Microbiology, Indiana University, where he worked on phototrophic bacteria with Howard Gest, he moved to Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he is now Professor of Microbiology. He has been a coauthor of Biology of Microorganisms since the fourth edition (1984) and teaches courses in introductory microbiology and bacterial diversity. In 1988 he was selected as the outstanding teacher in the College of Science, and in 1993 its outstanding researcher. In 2001 he was selected as the university's outstanding scholar. His research has dealt almost exclusively with anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, especially those species that inhabit extreme environments. He has published 95 research papers, has coedited a major treatise on phototrophic bacteria, and is Chief Editor for North America of the journal Archives of Microbiology. His nonscientific interests include reading, hiking, tree planting, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives beside a quiet lake about five miles from the SIU campus with his wife, Nancy, two dogs, Willie and Plum, and Springer and Feivel (horses). *John M. Martinko* attended The Cleveland State University and majored in biology. As an undergraduate student he participated in a cooperative education program, gaining experience in several microbiology and immunology laboratories. He then worked for two years at Case Western Reserve University as a laboratory manager, conducting research on the structure, serology, and epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes. He did his graduate work at the State University of New York at Buffalo, investigating antibody specificity and antibody idiotypes for his M.A. and Ph.D. (1978) in microbiology. As a postdoctoral fellow, he worked at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York on the structure of major histocompatibility complex proteins. Since 1981, he has been in the Department of Microbiology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he is currently the Chair and Associate Professor. His research interests include the effects of growth hormone in the immune response and the development of immunodiagnostic tests for soybean brown stem rot disease. His teaching interests include undergraduate and graduate courses in immunology. He also teaches a portion of a general microbiology course, with responsibility for immunology, host defense, and infectious diseases. He lives in Carbondale with his wife, Judy, a high school science teacher, and their daughters, Martha and Helen. *Jack Parker* received his bachelor's degree in biology and also received his doctoral degree in a biology program (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1973). His research project dealt with bacterial physiology and he completed his Ph.D. research while in the microbiology department at the University of Michigan. Following this, he spent four years studying bacterial genetics at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He has taught courses in bacterial genetics, general genetics, human genetics, molecular biology, and molecular genetics, and has participated in courses in introductory microbiology, medical microbiology, and virology primarily at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he is now a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Dean of the College of Science. His research has been in the broad area of molecular genetics and gene expression and has been focused most specifically on studies of how cells control the accuracy of protein synthesis. He is th Microbiology is a biological science that has effectively wedded the old and the new. Some of the basic techniques of microbiology discovered over 100 years ago—the isolation of pure cultures, for example—are still practiced with regularity in the laboratory today. But today's microbiologists are also armed with sophisticated tools that facilitate detailed molecular analyses of microbial cells. These tools have fueled new ,discoveries that are thrusting microbiology into the limelight of disciplines as diverse as medicine, agriculture, and ecology. It is within this exciting period in microbiology that we present the tenth edition of Brock Biology of Microorganisms (BBOM), a textbook of microbiology that blends fundamental principles (the old) with state-of-the-art science (the new) in a format that will appeal to both students and instructors. What's New? Organization This edition of BBOM contains many new organizational features that will help students better master the material and help instructors prepare stimulating presentations for the classroom. First, the book has been extensively reorganized into six major units: (1) Principles of Microbiology; (2) Evolutionary Microbiology and Microbial Diversity; (3) Metabolic Diversity and Microbial Ecology; (4) Immunology, Pathogenicity, and Host Responses; (5) Microbial Diseases; and (6) Microorganisms as Tools for Industry and Research. Each unit consists of several chapters whose content define the themes. Unit 1, The Principles, forms the heart of the general microbiology course as currently envisioned by the Education Division of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM); in other words, Unit 1 is the 'core' material that every student should know. Included for the first time in this unit is an overview chapter (Chapter 2) on microbial diversity that introduces the major groups of microorganisms and their evolutionary relationships. This chapter will allow instructors who emphasize the medical or molecular aspects of microbiology the opportunity to give their students a taste of microbial diversity without the details. This chapter also covers some of the basic aspects of cell structure /function and is written in such a way that only a minimal background in chemistry and biology is necessary to follow the story. Other chapters that have been revamped in Unit 1 include Chapters 9 and 10. Compared with previous editions of BBOM, Chapter 9 (Essentials of Virology) has been restructured and downsized to place emphasis on the essential concepts of virology, instead of viral diversity. The latter material still exists, however, in the new Chapter 16 (Bacterial, Plant and Animal Viruses), for those instructors who wish to explore viral diversity in more detail. Another substantially reorganized chapter is Chapter 10, Bacterial Genetics. This chapter has been rewritten from two major standpoints, microbial genetics as it occurs in the intact organism (in vivo) and microbial genetics as it is practiced in vitro. To accomplish the latter, some material from the biotechnology chapter has been reworked and moved to this new chapter on genetics. Thus, Chapter 10 better reflects bacterial genetics as it is actually practiced today—a blend of in vivo and in vitro science. As has been a tradition with BBOM, the material in each chapter is broken into several numbered heads to assist instructors in assigning reading material. But in addition, in parallel to the unit concept that pervades organization at the level of the entire book, the numbered heads within a chapter are themselves grouped into major themes. The latter are signaled by red headings set in all caps, and were introduced in this edition to better group related material within a chapter into logical pieces. In summary then, the tenth edition of BBOM is organized to capture and distill the basics while deploying the full story of the science at those points where it will have maximum impact. The authors and publishers are confident that this new format will make BBOM 10/e an even stronger resource for students and instructors alike. Content Every three years the authors of this book face one major question: how do we add new material and still keep the book within bounds? Longtime users of BBOM will immediately recognize that the tenth edition is essentially no longer than the ninth. This feat was accomplished by balancing the needs of the new material with a careful reevaluation of the old. Nothing essential to a fundamental understanding of microbiology-has been deleted from BBOM; the tenth edition is still a book built on basic principles and strong science. But streamlining of some chapters along with a first-class art program has given the authors the space necessary to paint an up-to-the-minute picture of the science of microbiology in a volume that does not require weight training to lift off the table. Several totally new chapters will be found in BBOM 1%. The new overview of microbial diversity chapter (Chapter 2) and the viral diversity chapter (Chapter 16) have already been mentioned in this regard. Also new to this edition are Chapter 15 (Microbial Genomics);Chapter 18 (Methods in Microbial Ecology); Chapter 22 (Essentials of Immunology); Chapter 23 (Molecular Immunology); Chapter 27 (Animal-Transmitted, Arthropod-Transmitted, and Soilborne Microbial Diseases); Chapter 28 (Wastewater Treatment, Water Purification, and Waterborne Microbial Diseases); and Chapter 29 (Food Preservation and Foodborne Microbial Diseases). All of these areas are 'hot topics' in microbiology today and needed increased visibility and expanded coverage. These new chapters should accomplish just that. The genomic revolution has transformed microbiology into anew science almost overnight. For the first time, scientists can inspect, almost in a routine fashion now, the entire genetic blueprint of a microorganism, and then compare the blueprint with those of other organisms, from viruses to humans. Genomics has revealed the great genetic unity and diversity of living organisms and has opened the door to new advancements in every discipline of biology. And combined with proteomic analyses, scientists can now ask sophisticated questions about gene expression in ways never before possible. Chapter 15 in BBOM 10/e tells the genomic story, but goes well beyond just listing organisms whose genomes have been sequenced. The chapter explains what genomics is, how the reams of DNA sequence data that are being generated can be used, and what the genomic revolution has revealed thus far in terms of both the genomic and proteomic capacities of key microorganisms. The new chapters in immunology were written to provide both the basics and the details of this important science. Chapter 22 (Essentials of Immunology) presents the basic principles of immunology without delving into too much detail. This chapter should therefore be a very student-friendly and readily teachable overview of immunology. We reserve the molecular details of immunology for the rather short Chapter 23. This chapter places the essentials material (Chapter 22) within a molecular context for those students and instructors whose background and interests support the study of immunology at this level. In Chapter 24 (Clinical Microbiology and Immunology) we have expanded our coverage of immunoassays to include more information about the basic mechanisms behind precipitation, agglutination, and antibody production. For those instructors who teach immunology only as a diagnostic or investigative tool, we have also included a very short summary of immune principles here. Thus, with the material on immunology organized as it is, the science of immunology can be integrated into introductory microbiology classes at all levels. The new chapters in medical microbiology are expansions of this material originally covered in only two chapters in previous editions. This has given the authors the opportunity to develop this important material in a more thorough way. And in this day and age where foodborne and waterborne illnesses are major public health problems (even in developed countries), and new threats to health and security, such as bioterroism, are a fact of life, the unit on medical microbiology and immunology will be both a source of basic principles and a reference for keeping up with events in the news. In summary, long-time users of BBOM will find the tenth edition to be the reliable friend they've always known. New users will find it to be the most current, accurate, and complete coverage of microbiology available in a textbook today. Coupled with an excellent set of teaching aids (see below) BBOM 10/e should set the standard in the field for years to come. Pedagogical Aids Art and photos are the mainstay of any textbook in the biological sciences. And frankly speaking, we think BBOM 10/e has the best in the business in both regards. The art program has once again been delivered by Imagineering of Toronto, Canada. Virtually every piece of art has seen some modification in order to maximize its impact and clarity. Some stylistic improvements have also been introduced into the art program, including a beautiful new rendering of all graphs in the book. High quality photos and photomicrographs have been a mainstay in Biology of Microorganisms since the first edition appeared in 1970, and BBOM 10/e proudly carries on this tradition with the inclusion of nearly 50 new B&W and color photos. And, as usual, these photos have been supplied by top researchers in the field. BBOM 10/e once again employs a variety of student study aids to weave together the concepts and strengthen the learning experience. Instead of placing summary and quiz material only at the end of a chapter (as many textbooks like to do), BBOM 10/e contains two review tools—concept checks and conce... Customers who bought this item also bought Microbiology: Laboratory Theory and Application Benson's Microbiological Applications: Laboratory Manual in General Microbiology, Complete Version Biochemistry (Biochemistry (Berg)) Benson's Microbiological Applications: Laboratory Manual in General Microbiology, Short Version Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Fourth Edition Customer Reviews for: Brock Biology of Microorganisms: AND Microbiology a Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory Rating - NIce read- if you're into that kind of thing As far as textbooks go I find no faults with Brock. The book has a great level of depth and certainly covers such a broad subject splendidly. I'm finding it difficult to separate the book from the instructor I had but as I think about it I wish I had relied more on the text than on lecture notes. Since most people purchasing this text are force to buy it I'll speak to the minority of those just desiring to learn microbiology on their own and say ... Read More Rating - Great book for Microbiology I needed this book for Microbiology class. This book has great color diagrams that coincide with the reading material. It also contains photos of organisms under microscopes which also enables the reader to get the full picture of the learned material. Rating - Brock Biology of Microbiology This book involves valuable information I need for my college course, but I found that the binding was poor. The first few pages of my book came out after one time of reading. Rating - ok... it can a little later than i was hoping for but it did come within the time specified. condition was not what i expected. corners were more damaged that initially thought. however great price! see more reviews See all books by author Steven K. Alexander, Dennis Strete, Michael T. Madigan, John Martinko, Paul V. Dunlap, David P. Clark

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