Microbial Life - Hardcover

Staley, James T.; Gunsalus, Robert P.; Lory, Stephen; Perry, Jerome J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878936858 ISBN 13: 9780878936854

Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc, 2007

Synopsis

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 on physiology, growth, and metabolism. The Second Edition has been redesigned to help students study and learn more effectively. New pedagogical features include: redesigned chapter openers with clearly defined objectives; Section Highlights and Chapter Summaries that help students retain key information and terminology; an enhanced illustration program, with balloon captions that clarify complex processes and concepts; and icons directing students to additional resources on a new Companion Website.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES T. STALEY, University of Washington, Seattle ROBERT P. GUNSALUS, David Geffen School of Medicene, University of California Los Angeles STEPHEN LORY, Harvard Medical School JEROME J. PERRY

Review:

... this is a very valuable textbook that provides expert knowledge in nearly all fields of modern microbiology, and presents expert information in all topics that students of microbiology and neighboring subjects need to cover today to represent their field adequately. --Bernhard Schink, The Quarterly Review of Biology

About this edition

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0878936858
• ISBN 13: 9780878936854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1066