Microbiology: An Introduction (International Edition) - 10th Edition (with CD)

Paperback  960 pages  ISBN 9780321584205      £50.00

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This #1 selling non-majors microbiology textbook is praised for its straightforward presentation of complex topics, careful balance of concepts and applications, and proven art that teaches. In its Tenth Edition, Tortora/Funke/Case responds to the #1 challenge of the microbiology course: teaching a wide range of student levels, while still addressing student under-preparedness.

The Tenth Edition meets students at their respective skill levels.

First, the book signals core microbiology content to students with the new and highly visual Foundation Figures that students need to understand before moving forward in a chapter. Second, the book gives students frequent opportunities for self-assessment with the new Check Your Understanding questions that correspond by number to the chapter Learning Objectives.

Then, a new €visual learning€ orientation includes: an increased number of the popular Diseases in Focus boxes, newly illustrated end-of-chapter Study Outlines that provide students with visual cues to remind them of chapter content, and new end-of-chapter Draw It questions. The all-new art program is contemporary without compromising Tortora/Funke/Case€s hallmark reputation for precision and clarity.
Content revisions include substantially revised immunity chapters and an increased emphasis on antimicrobial resistance, bioterrorism, and biofilms. The new Get Ready for Microbiology workbook and online practice and assessment materials help students prepare for the course.

This text comes packaged with access to the MyMicrobiologyPlace Website (www.microbiologyplace.com) via a bind-in access code card

Features

• The text€s comprehensive coverage addresses the needs of instructors teaching a course with a mix of allied health students, pre-nursing students, nutrition majors, and other majors.
• Short chapters and straightforward explanationsof processes help keep students focused on key concepts.
• Full-color micrographs include precise microscope identifications and sizing scales.
• The text€s proven illustration methods include orientation figures that help students see the big picture and step-by-step diagrams that place explanatory text immediately next to the relevant art so students don€t have to refer to lengthy legends to understand complex processes.
• Active learning pedagogy engages students through the use of figure legend questions with every figure.
• Diseases are organized by body system in the disease chapters (Chapters 21 € 26), which facilitates learning for students who are pursuing careers in health care fields and have taken an anatomy & physiology course that also organizes topics by body system.
• Diseases in Focus boxesin the disease chapters (Chapters 21 € 26) highlight key facts€such as pathogen, portal of entry, symptoms, prevention, and treatment€for all diseases covered in the book. Diseases are organized according to similar symptoms, chunking information in a way that is relevant to clinical situations.
• Multi-step Microbiology Animations are featured on the MyMicrobiologyPlace website (www.microbiologyplace.com) for students and on the Instructor€s Resource DVD/CD-ROM set (IRDVD) for instructors. References to the Microbiology Animations appear throughout the chapters of the book. Topics were selected and developed specifically for the non-majors microbiology course.

Contents

I. FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY
1. The Microbial World and You
2. Chemical Principles
3. Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope
4. Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
5. Microbial Metabolism
6. Microbial Growth
7. The Control of Microbial Growth
8. Microbial Genetics
9. Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA

II. A SURVEY OF THE MICROBIAL WORLD
10. Classification of Microorganisms
11. The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea
12. The Eukaryotes: Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, and Helminths
13. Viruses, Viroids, and Prions

III. INTERACTION BETWEEN MICROBE AND HOST
14. Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
15. Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
16. Innate Immunity: Nonspecific Defenses of the Host
17. Adaptive Immunity: Specific Defenses of the Host
18. Practical Applications of Immunology
19. Disorders Associated with the Immune System
20. Antimicrobial Drugs

IV. MICROORGANISMS AND HUMAN DISEASE
21. Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
22. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System
23. Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
24. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
25. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
26. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems

V. ENVIRONMENTAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
27. Environmental Microbiology
28. Applied and Industrial Microbiology