Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 3rd Edition - Softcover

Paul Singleton

9780471490647: Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 3rd Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471490644 ISBN 13: 9780471490647

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2001

The revised third edition of this dictionary covers pure and applied microbiology from taxonomy of algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses to microbiology associated with medicine, the food industry, plant pathology and veterinary science. It has been extensively updated with 4,000 expanded and new entries.

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Review:

"...The volume is up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive..." -- The British Toxicology Society Newsletter, Spring 2002

"..The definitions are concise and clear...outstanding..." -- SFAM News, June 2002

"..a comprehensive tool for introducing oneself to subjects not covered by individual textbooks..." -- Microbiology Today, November 2002

"It all adds up to a valuable work of references which will be welcomed by students and researchers in a vast area of the biosciences." -- Laboratory News, March 2002

"having had the opportunity to review it I can recommend it to readers of the Transactions" -- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

From the Back Cover:

A unique, encyclopaedic reference work covering the whole field of pure and applied microbiology and microbial molecular biology. This latest edition contains a vast amount of new and updated material - often to research level, and well beyond the coverage of current textbooks - making the dictionary even more valuable to lecturers, students, researchers and others in the biosciences and medicine.

*Updates and extends current textbooks

*18 000 entries, from concise definitions to review-length articles

*Extensive cross-referencing between topics

*Thousands of references from mainstream journals and other specialist sources

*Over 5000 taxa: algae, archaeans, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses; prions

*A 30-page Appendix of detailed metabolic pathways

*A classic book with a lifetime's use!

Reviews of the Second Edition

'... very informative and extensive ... valuable reference tool.' FEBS Letters

'The material is well cross-referenced ... Students should find it particularly useful.' Society for General Microbiology

'... the uniqueness is in its concise and clear description of terms ... extremely comprehensive and easy to use.' ARBA

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