Microbial life /

Perry, Jerome J.

Microbial life / Jerome J. Perry, James T. Staley, Stephen Lory. - Sunderland, Mass. : Basingstoke : Sinauer Associates ; Palgrave Macmillan [distributor], c2002. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. map, ports. (some col.) 29 cm

CD-ROM in front pocket. Text on lining paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focus in this text is on the evolution of concepts in the study of microbiology, the process of scientific inquiry, and the significance of molecular approaches in the investigation of microbial life. Sections cover microbial physiology and ecology through genetics and virology, microbial evolution, and medical and applied microbiology. Profiles of key figures, boxes on recent research, and color microscopic images and detailed diagrams on organisms and processes add interest to the text

The accompanying CD-rom contains review material, 15 animated tutorials, animations of 18 important laboratory techniques, and 26 illustrations of microbial processes, as well as key terms, quizes, and a glossary


Systems requirements: An IBM compatible PC with Pentium II processor running Windows 95 or higher; Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or above or Netscape version 4.5 or above; Macromedia Flash version 4 or above; QuickTime version 4.0 or above

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Microbiology
Science.
Microbiology (non-medical)