He has published over 70 research articles and graduated over 20 Masters and Ph. He is unmarried and lives with two cats, Little George, who is orange and very nosey, and Mr. Ralph, who is mostly black and eats cardboard. We're sorry! We don't recognize your username or password. Please try again. The work is protected by local and international copyright laws and is provided solely for the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning.
You have successfully signed out and will be required to sign back in should you need to download more resources. Dunlap, University of Michigan David P. Clark, Southern Illinois University. If you're an educator Request a copy Download instructor resources Alternative formats. If you're a student Alternative formats. Description The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and outstanding illustrations and photos.
Units 1 and 2 are organized around foundational topics , providing an overview for the course and giving instructors flexibility to teach the later units in any order they wish.
An evolutionary theme integrated throughout enables instructors to convey the modern view of evolution and gives students material that has been unified within a consistent and thematic context, making concepts easier to grasp. MiniReviews appear after every main section within the chapters and signal students to stop, review, and check their understanding before proceeding to the next section. Unparalleled illustration and photo program gives students a clear and fascinating view into the microbial world.
Illustrations and photos are often paired in a single figure to give students an idealized view next to a realistic view and to reinforce the connection between theory and practice. New to This Edition. A new overall organization makes the book more usable by both students and instructors.
The material has been spread out into an increased number of more logical units, allowing many chapters within the units to be shorter than in the 11e.
The foundational material that had been in Unit 1 in the 11e is now in Units 1 and 2. The new organization has two clear advantages:. The chapters are more logical, making them easier for students to study. Specifics: There are now 9 units [compared to 6 in the Eleventh Edition]. There are now 37 chapters [compared to 31 in the Eleventh Edition] as some chapters have been added [see below] and some chapters have been split up [Chapters 10, 12, 17, 19] in order to make them less daunting and more supportive of the rhythms of student learning.
Three new chapters Chapters 8, 26, and 30 focus on the rapidly-developing fields of archaeal and eukaryotic molecular biology, genetic engineering, and immunology of host defense and disease. Expanded coverage of molecular biology ensures that instructors and students keep pace with this rapidly-changing field and its intersection with the field of microbiology.
Increased number of hot topics within the chapters such as emerging infectious diseases, biofilms, and genomics provides exciting material to draw students in to the content. Larger trim size and dramatically improved design better showcase the widely praised and now substantially updated illustrations and photographs. Improved navigability can most easily be seen in the new tabbing system, which assigns a color to each of the newly reorganized units.
Media Manager 2. Published on: Friday, September 20, Views:. Michael T. The Microbial World. Microbial Cell Structure and Function. Microbial Metabolism. Molecular Information Flow and Protein Processing. Microbial Growth and Its Control.
Microbial Regulatory Systems. Molecular Biology of Microbial Growth 8. Viruses and Their Replication. Microbial Systems Biology. Viral Genomics. Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea. Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology. Microbial Evolution and Systematics.
Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms. Functional Diversity of Microorganisms. Indeed, the history of this of cell division is supported by spectacular color photos. Thomas D. Eukarya and provides an overview of viruses and prions. It As a tribute to Brock, the book has incorporated his name also underlines the revolution in molecular biology that has into the title since the 8th edition.
BBOM photo, which shows the filamentous bacterium Crenothrix, has also expanded its coverage of the regulation of gene and the information about this microorganism provided on expression, with special emphasis on Bacillus sporulation the back cover. The text includes important pedagogical and the life cycle of Caulobacter.
First, the major methods of bacteria, as well as Archaea, Eukarya protists, fungi and microbial control, i. Antimicrobial agents antibiotics used for prokaryotes, diversity is expressed in terms of metabolism treating infectious diseases and the challenges posed by rather than structure, as evidenced by the ability of microor- antibiotic resistance are described.
In addition, the unit offers ganisms to make use of a wide range of energy sources and overviews of the microorganisms that inhabit the healthy electron acceptors. The long-standing inability to enrich or human body, the harmful interactions that cause disease, and detect organisms capable of anaerobic growth on methane the mechanisms of pathogenesis. Recent studies using has evolved in humans to recognize and destroy dangerous molecular techniques have shown that the syntrophic consor- pathogens.
Both innate and adaptive acquired immunity are tium of an archaeon and a sulfate-reducing bacterium is described. BBOM outlines the basic prin- achieve this goal. Also included are The BBOM not only contains fundamental knowledge reviews of current methods to study the diversity and activi- essential to an introductory course on general microbiology, ties of microorganisms.
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