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| | Description | "Microbe", a brand-new, general microbiology textbook intended for upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, is an exciting introduction to the world of microbes. With a distinct ecological and evolutionary orientation, "Microbe" invites readers to partake of the most current advances in the field. Written by prominent scientists with practical teaching, textbook writing, and research experience, this new textbook will engage students in the learning process with its clear, reader-friendly style and unique perspective of the field. This work: emphasizes the roles of microbes in sustaining all life on Earth; presents paradigm-driven material in a clear, reader-friendly style; deals with the complexities of medical microbiology from the standpoint of both the microbe and its human host; provides unifying frameworks for understanding microbial metabolism and physiology; offers study questions at the end of each chapter for reinforcement of material covered; and, features companion Web site with valuable student resources that is regularly updated by authors. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Moselio Schaechter | | Paperback: | 558 pages | | Publisher: | ASM Press | | Publication Date: | December 15, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1555813208 | | Product Length: | 10.78 inches | | Product Width: | 8.52 inches | | Product Height: | 1.06 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.3 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.83 inches | | Package Width: | 8.46 inches | | Package Height: | 1.18 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.42 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 An Interesting Introduction Feb 20, 2007
By Merry C. Youle
Reading the previous reviews, it is evident that each reviewer's rating directly reflected what they had been seeking in this book. Any textbook that attempts to cover the field of microbiology is destined to be "superficial." The terrain is vast, including all three domains of life as well as the viruses. In this case, the authors intention, as stated in the preface, was to emphasize concepts and to provide an interesting introduction to the field in a book of moderate length. They have indeed done that. If every college student, whatever their major field of study, understood the microbial world as presented in this book, we would be able to collectively make better choices in many areas which affect the well-being of our species and the planet, including medicine, agriculture, and resource management. And we would feel more at home on this living Earth.
10 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 horrible, horrible textbook Nov 29, 2006
By a medical student
I had to buy this book for a microbiology class, and I've now resorted to trying to supplement all the assigned readings with bits of last year's textbook borrowed from a friend. First, this book is very superficial - it doesn't have a serious amount of information on anything. It looks like a book for children compared to the old, traditional textbook. There is a graphic in the margins suggesting the reader visit a website for supplemental info every few pages, but I shouldn't have to be sitting at a computer to read a textbook. There are 3 inches of blank margin, why didn't they just print the information there? It wouldn't be "cutting-edge" enough?
Further, I hope the previous reviewer didn't try too hard to learn molecular bio from this, because it's riddled with errors. Our prof told us to cross out a whole page of fueling diagrams because they were so wrong it was beyond saving. Another page shows glycolysis making ATP in the first step (that's way more awesome than that old-fashioned glycolysis cycle I learned last year in biochem!) Another page says reduction when it means oxidation. Another page miscategorizes Pseudomonas as a hydrogen bacteria. And that's all in chapter 6 alone! There are also constant grammar and punctuation errors, which are inexcusable and distracting, but not as scary as all the wrong info.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Very readable Feb 16, 2007
By BoardGamer
I used this textbook as the basis for my Microbiology course this year as it presents core concepts in very readable language. I supplemented it with more specific, in depth reading and lectures on specific topics associated with each chapter. My students loved the book (though they hated the price!). This is not the typical encyclopedic microbiology text we are used to seeing and thank goodness!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good GENERAL Microbiology Text Sep 06, 2011
By David J. Thomas
I've been teaching general microbiology with this textbook for three years. I have yet to find a general microbiology text that has EVERYTHING that I want, but this one is close. The authors provide a broad overview of microbiology and microbial diversity. Of course, in doing so, nothing is covered in explicit detail (although resources outside the text are frequently listed). Students will appreciate the price of this book, which is about half the price of most other microbiology texts. In addition, the publisher is the American Society for Microbiology, rather than a for-profit publishing house. One drawback is that the book is only available in paperback form, potentially limiting its lifetime as a reference (although students who sell their books after the class won't care).
Very readable for non-microbiologists Nov 17, 2011
By Jan
After reading the available 'mixed' reviews, I purchased this book with a degree of trepidation, fearing a disappointment. As a physical chemist and a chemical engineer interested in prokarytoes as porous self-regulating chemical reactors with the unusual ability to self-construct, I found the book very readable, with a wealth of very interesting information, particularly for a non-microbiologist. The novelty and usefulness of this textbook is the balanced focus on a cell in toto, without any undue emphasis on microbial genetics, metabolism, or medical pathology. The great diversity of unusual 'chemical engineering' phenomena that microbes are capable of is mind-boggling and is well represented. The level of the book is also very suitable for my purpose, lying between a community college level and a graduate level textbooks. One aspect I miss is the absence of a 'historical' thread and of key original references to microbial literature, which could be perhaps added in future editions. I wonder if the authors would write a book in a similar style to Tanford's "Nature's Robots" but using microbes rather than proteins as the subject.
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