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The Microbe Files: Cases in Microbiology for the Undergraduate (without answers)
Marjorie Kelly Cowan
Benjamin Cummings, 2001
the perfect book for case studies in microbiology
The case studies are seperatered by organ system. This is the first book I have ever used that has done this. When taking a microbiology course the pathogenic microbes are presented by organ system so this format suits the course perfectly. The case studies are so much ...
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Miles, Mutants and Microbes
Lois McMaster Bujold
Baen, 2007
READ the description!
Some of the other reviewers apparently neglected to read the book description ("Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume"!), and gave the work a poor review on the basis of their own negligence because it wasn't new material. No, it is *not* new ...
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The Microbial Challenge: Human-Microbe Interactions
Robert I. Krasner
Amer Society for Microbiology, 2002
Gives Wonder to a Normally Dry Topic
This is one of the best microbiology textbooks I have run across. Krasner's talents as a writer makes it a joy to read. He enlivens
his subject matter with vivid decription and memorable examples. And unlike many introductions to the subject, which tend to overwhelm ...
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Microbes and Society (Jones and Bartlett Topics in Biology)
Benjamin S., Ph.D. Weeks, I. Edward Alcamo
Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007
Microbes and Society, Second Edition is designed for liberal arts students as a foundation course in life science. This timely text takes readers on an extended tour of the microbial world emphasizing the remarkable variety among microbes and their role in our everyday lives. It explores such topics as the function of microbes in ecology and the ...
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Microbe
Moselio Schaechter, John L. Ingraham, ...
ASM Press, 2005
A clearly written introduction to metabolism of microbes and microbes in general
The first chapters slowly introduce the reader to the world of microbes. They can quickly be read without a great effort. The central chapters on fueling, biosynthesis and building of macromolecules are clearly written with plenty of figures to support the text. I ...
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Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006
Excellent resource
Despite the short length of this book, it was packed with lots of good information and was easy to read. It brought to my attention aspects of fungi versus microbial activity that I was never aware of and how these affect soil quality for gardens versus shrubs. The ...
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Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History
Dorothy H. Crawford
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Our Unwinnable War
Bacteria have a bad reputation. We think of them as causing illness, and that's correct, of course, but overwhelmingly they do not cause us harm. Without them, indeed, we could not digest our food, and elements could not be recycled into the environment. They have ...
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Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes (Science Stories Series)
Beverly Birch, Christian Birmingham
Barron's Educational Series, 1996
A must when teaching kids about bacteria...
Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes is a good way to introduce the subject of bacteria to children. Even when the book explains many facts meant for elementary kids, I think it can be read to kids as young as four. My 4y/o loved the story and the illustrations.
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Microbe Hunters
Paul de Kruif
Harvest Books, 2002
Preserved for History
I read this book as a child and it was fascinating reading. Some of what is described is still current (Pasteur's rabies vaccine) while some treatments are long out of use (Ehrlich's "magic bullet" for syphillis was actually derived from arsenic and had a fair amount ...
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Microbe
Bill Clem
Vision Books, 2007
Bill Clem and "Microbe"
"Microbe" was the first of five Bill Clem medical thrillers I've now read. Within a month I'd read four more. His plots will hook you instantly. The pace of his novels is fast and exciting. Recommended!
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Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology
I. Edward Alcamo
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., 2002
A superbly organized and illustrated basic textbook
Microbes And Society: An Introduction To Microbiology by Edward Alcamo (Professor of Microbiology, State University of New York - Farmingdale) is a superbly organized and illustrated basic textbook introducing the reader to the complex and rapidly evolving science of ...
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The Cancer Microbe
Alan Cantwell
Aries Rising Pr, 1990
Very Interesting Reading
Do bacteria cause cancer? The idea, rejected by mainstream cancer researchers, has nevertheless been held and argued for by many prominent scientists, doctors, and researchers. This book is a very readable and well-referenced historical presentation of this alternate ...
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Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
Arno Karlen
Simon & Schuster, 1996
The Medical History of Mankind
This book is about the new diseases that plague mankind, an epidemic of epidemics. There was a faith in social, scientific, and technological progress dating from the 19th century (p.3). For millennia, diseases killed more people than war and famine. Since the 1960s ...
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Revenge Of The Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining The Antibiotic Miracle
Abigail A. Salyers, Dixie D. Whitt
ASM Press, 2005
Good overview of antibiotics and resistance
When antibiotics first came on the market in the 1940s, the general idea was that this was the end of infectious diseases. Unfortunately this has proven to be a false assumption. The fight against infectious diseases is a true arms race: every time mankind invents a ...
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Invisible Allies: Microbes That Shape Our Lives (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))
Jeanette Farrell
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005
Interesting Book about Microbes!
My 10 year old son came across this book at our local library and checked it out. We've been reading it together for the past two days and found it very interesting (and not too difficult for my 10 yr old to understand although I had to help him with latin names for ...
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