Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective: 2024 Release ISE

11. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-266-86755-2
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 896 Seiten, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1736 g

Perfect for the non-major/allied health student (and also appropriate for mixed majors courses), this text provides a rock solid foundation in microbiology. It has a concise and readable style, covers the most current concepts, and gives students the knowledge and mastery necessary to understand advances of the future. By carefully and clearly explaining the fundamental concepts, using a body systems approach in the coverage of disease, and offering vivid and appealing instructional art, Microbiology: A Human Perspective draws students back to their book again and again!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Denise

Nester, Eugene

Salm, Sarah

Beins, Mira

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Humans and the Microbial World

2: The Molecules of Life

3: Cells and Methods to Observe Them

4: Dynamics of Microbial Growth

5: Control of Microbial Growth

6: Microbial Metabolism: Fueling Cell Growth

7: The Blueprint of Life, from DNA to Protein

8: Bacterial Genetics

9: Biotechnology

10: Identifying and Classifying Microorganisms

11: The Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea

12: The Eukaryotic Members of the Microbial World

13: Viruses, Viroids and Prions

14: The Innate Immune Response

15: The Adaptive Immune Response

16: Host-Microbe Interactions

17: Applications of Immune Responses

18: Immunological Disorders

19: Epidemiology

20: Antimicrobial Medications

21: Respiratory System Infections
22: Skin Infections

23: Wound Infections

24: Digestive System Infections

25: Blood and Lymphatic Infections

26: Nervous System Infections

27: Genitourinary Tract Infections

28: Microbial Ecology

29: Environmental Microbiology: Treatment of Water, Wastes, and Polluted Habitats

30: Food Microbiology

Über Autor(innen)

Anderson, Denise
Denise Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, where she teaches a variety of courses including general microbiology, medical bacteriology laboratory, and medical mycology/parasitology laboratory. Equipped with a diverse educational background, including undergraduate work in nutrition and graduate work in food science and in microbiology, she first discovered a passion for teaching when she taught microbiology laboratory courses as part of her graduate training. Her enthusiastic teaching style, fueled by regular doses of Seattle’s famous coffee, receives high reviews by her students. Outside of academic life, Denise relaxes in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, where she lives with her husband, Richard Moore, and dog, Dudley (neither of whom are well trained). When not planning lectures, grading papers, or writing textbook chapters, she can usually be found chatting with the neighbors, fighting the weeds in her garden, or enjoying a fermented beverage at the local pub.

Salm, Sarah
Sarah Salm is a Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) of the City University of New York, where she teaches microbiology, anatomy and physiology, and general biology. She earned her undergraduate and doctoral degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She later moved to New York, working first as a postdoctoral fellow and then an Assistant Research Professor at NYU Langone Medical Center. Her research has covered a range of subjects, from plant virus identification through prostate stem cell characterization. When not focused on the textbook and her classes, Sarah loves to read, hike, and travel.

Nester, Eugene
Although no longer an active member of the author team, Eugene (Gene) Nester wrote the original version of the present text with Evans Roberts and Nancy Pearsall more than 30 years ago. That text, Microbiology: Molecules, Microbes and Man, pioneered the organ system approach to the study of infectious disease, and was developed specifically for allied health sciences. Gene did his undergraduate work at Cornell and received his Ph.D. in microbiology from Case Western University. He then did postdoctoral work in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University with Joshua Lederberg. Following that, he joined the faculty in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, where he remains active as an emeritus member. His laboratory demonstrated that Agrobacterium transfers DNA into plant cells—the basis for the disease crown gall—a system of gene transfer that has become a cornerstone of plant biotechnology. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the Australia Prize and the Cetus Prize in Biotechnology, and was elected to fellowship in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the National Academy of Sciences in India.