Appropriate for the non-major/allied health student, this authoritative text carefully explains the fundamentals, providing a general overview of the principles followed by more detailed explanations. With its easy-to-read writing style, Microbiology: A Human Perspective offers modern coverage on such topics as genomics, biofilms, and quorum sensing. A body systems approach is used in the coverage of diseases.
Key Features
"A Glimpse of History" boxes assist students in learning through engaging accounts of research strategies and historic breakthroughs of how individual scientists have developed the science of microbiology.
"Perspective" boxes focus on how microbes play an important (although largely unnoticed) role in our health, our environment, our relationships and our future. Topics range from how our diet can help fight viral infections to how we can create disposable diapers that will decompose in a landfill.
Renewed focus on clinical coverage. A practicing physician on the author team (Roberts) ensures that clinical coverage throughout the text is relevant, modern and instructive to those planning to enter health careers. Clinical coverage is supported with numerous photographs, case histories and critical thinking questions.
Excellent Disease Coverage. The chapters on infectious diseases are organized by body system and contain exceptional student learning tools:
-- Consistent coverage of all diseases including symptoms, pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment.
-- Case studies are included that relate basic science to actual clinical situations; the case studies are accompanied by several questions with answers provided.
-- "Disease Summaries" have been designed for each major disease. These include 1) a summary table 2) a drawing showing human symptoms, portals of entry and exit and location of pathology, and 3) a step-by-step description of infection process. These are presented in the book for selected diseases and on the web page for all diseases discussed in the book.
-- Expanded coverage of emerging diseases. Students will see the importance of learning the origin of disease and of developing and implementing vaccine programs.
-- Unique chapters on wound infections and HIV.
"Future Challenges" boxes emphasize the challenges ahead and how microbiologists will be instrumental in solving these critical problems. Issues like emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, new vccines, etc., are covered.
Available with the text is PowerWeb: Microbiology, a password-protected website that offers professors a turnkey solution to adding the Internet to a course. It includes curriculum-based materials, weekly updates with assessment, informative and timely world news, refereed Web links, research tools, interactive exercises, and much more!
Customization -- Professors have the option of creating a customized version of the text by selecting only the chapters they cover in lecture, allowing students savings in book costs. Customization can occur in two ways: -- Chapter-by-chapter color customization (printed book). -- Primis Online - choose the appropriate chapters and mix and match with other items on Primis Online, allowing maximum choice and flexibility. Choose between two delivery formats: custom printed books (in black and white) or custom eBooks (in color).
New summary tables have been added throughout the text to provide students with a concise summarization of complex information. A few examples of new tables include:-- Chapter 3 (Microscopy & Cell Structure): comparison of Gram-positive and Gram-negative cell walls-- Chapter 6 (Metabolism): comparison of photosynthetic mechanisms-- Chapter 9 (Biotechnology & Recombinant DNA): list of recombinant DNA technologies and their applications-- Chapter 15 (The Innate Immune Response): innate defense mechanisms
Several chapters have been extensively revised, restructured, and updated to provide students with the most modern coverage available in a concise, easy-to-read presentation:-- Chapter 6: Metabolism: Fueling Cell Growth-- Chapter 9: Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA-- Chapters 15 & 16: The Innate Immune Response and The Adaptive Immune Response-- Chapter 19: Host-Microbe Interactions-- Chapter 30: Microbes and the Environment
New instructor tool! The Digital Content Manager CD-ROM is an easy-to-use, instructor-based presentation tool that will include all art, photos, and tables in jpeg format; key illustrations as unlabeled images; chapter-specific PowerPoint lecture presentations; numerous animations of difficult microbiology concepts; and text-specific active art.
Table of Contents
1 Life and Death of Microorganisms
1 Humans and the Microbial World
2 The Molecules of Life
3 Microscopy and Cell Structure
4 Dynamics of Prokaryotic Growth
5 Control of Microbial Growth
6 Metabolism: Fueling Cell Growth
7 The Blueprint of Life, from DNA to Protein
8 Bacterial Genetics
9 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA
2 The Microbial World
10 Identification and Classification of Prokaryotes
11 The Diversity of Prokaryotic Organisms
12 The Eukaryotic Members of the Microbial World
13 Viruses of Bacteria
14 Viruses, Prions and Viroids: Infectious Agents of Animals and Plants
3 Microorganisms and Humans
15 The Innate Immune Response
16 The Adaptive Immune Response
17 Applications of Immune Responses
18 Immunologic Disorders
19 Host-Microbe Interactions
20 Epidemiology
21 Antimicrobial Medications
4 Infectious Diseases
22 Skin Infections
23 Respiratory System Infections
24 Alimentary System Infections
25 Genitourinary Infections
26 Nervous System Infections
27 Wound Infections
28 Blood and Lymphatic Infections
29 HIV Disease and Complications of Immunodeficiency
5 Applied Microbiology
30 Microbes and the Environment
31 Applications of Environmental Microbiology: Water and Waste Treatment
32 Food Microbiology
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