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Encyclopedia of Microbiology
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Call Number: QR9 .M33 2011In more than 200 entries, Encyclopedia of Microbiology presents the myriad ways in which microorganisms influence the biosphere. Focusing on how all microorganisms relate to each other just as all higher organisms relate to all other animate and inanimate objects on Earth, this resource explores all aspects of microbiology from mycology (the study of fungi) to the simplest biological entities of all, viruses, to prions, which are even more streamlined than viruses and just as dangerous. -
Microbiology
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Call Number: QR62 .M53 2014Microbiology Super Review: History and scope of microbiology -- Equipment and techniques -- Survey of microorganisms -- Microbial metabolism -- Transport of molecules -- Bacterial growth -- Control of microbial growth : disinfection and antisepsis -- Control of microbial growth : antimicrobial chemotherapy -- Microbial genetics -- Role of microbes in disease -- Microbes in the environment -- Microbes in industry. -
Principles of Microbiology
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Explores the study of the invisible world of microorganisms, introducing readers to the main principles of microbiology, its importance, and its many real-world applications. Microorganisms are all around us; many live on or in the human body. They play a crucial role in oxygenating the atmosphere, in optimizing agricultural soil, in pharmaceutical development, in genetic engineering, and last but not least, in gaining control over deadly infectious disease outbreaks. Topics covered in this volume include: major groups of microorganisms; adaptive immunity; microorganisms and human disease; environmental microbiology, applied and industrial microbiology; and microbiomes.
