Microbiology: Diversity, Disease, and the Environment is an exciting new introductory level Microbiology text will serve the needs of lecturers and students in a wide variety of life science, health science, and applied science programs. The recurrent theme in this text is the delicate balance between microbes and humans, and how recent changes in that balance may bring about changes that have adverse effects, such as emerging infectious diseases and micro–organisms resistant to antibiotics. The text does not, however, focus exclusively on microbes as causal agents, but also portrays them as life–givers responsible for the earth′s ability to support higher forms of life. This new text will enable instructors to cover all the essential topics of classic and contemporary microbiology in a standard one–term course and will enthuse your students as they learn about the beauty and diversity, as well as the dangers, of the microbial world in which they live. Each chapter contains study outlines and thought– provoking questions to help students master both the daunting vocabulary and key concepts of the field. A list of useful websites is listed at the end of each chapter. Focus boxes in all chapters recount fascinating historical highlights and point out provocative public policy issues. A complete glossary is provided in the back of the book. All of the art figures in the book are available to instructors in PowerPoint and a complete test bank with over 300 multiple–choice test questions is also provided on the Instructor′s Digital Resource that will be available free in CD–ROM format to all adopters. A website for the book will contain coverage of breakthroughs and updates to keep the book current. This website links to the important microbiology websites. For more information please check out the following website www.fitzscipress.com.
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Abigail Salyers, PhD, and Dixie Whitt, PhD, are renowned scientists and educators. The authors first book, Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach (ASM Press, 1994) was widely hailed as landmark text in microbial pathogenesis and has been used at hundreds of colleges and universities around the world. Abigail Salyers served as codirector of the microbial diversity at the Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory from 1994 to 1999, and was elected president of the American Society of Microbiology in recognition of her contribution to the fields of microbial pathogenesis, diversity, evolution, and antibiotic resistance. Dixie Whitt has served in numerous capacities on ASM boards throughout her career and as the Chair of the ASM Membership Committee. Both authors have lectured widely on microbiology and have won awards for excellence in teaching at the university of Illinois.
This exciting new introductory level microbiology text is appropriate for students in a wide variety of life science, health science, and applied science programs. The authors, known for their compelling writing, introduce topics in microbiology using engaging biological problems and case studies. Recurrent themes embrace the delicate balance between microbes and humans and the ways in which recent changes in that balance may bring about the emerging infectious diseases and resistant microorganisms so much in the news today. This innovative text covers all the essential topics of classic and contemporary microbiology in a standard one-term course and will light a fire in readers for learning about the fierce beauty and exquisite diversity of the microbial world around us.
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