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| Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology | 
 enlarge | Author: I. Edward Alcamo
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $105.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 480628
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1
ISBN: 0763714305
Dewey Decimal Number: 579
EAN: 9780763714307
ASIN: 0763714305
Publication Date: August 1, 2002
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Product Description
Microbes and Society: An Introduction to Microbiology is designed for liberal arts students as a foundation course in life science. This timely text emphasizes the relevance of microbes and their role in the everyday lives of humans -- microbes in food production and agriculture, in biotechnology and industry, and in ecology and the environment. It also discusses some of the negative impacts of microbes on our world, such as their role in disease and bioterrorism, but the primary focus is on how microbes, in their incredible variety, are essential to human life. Microbes and Society presents the many ways in which we intentionally (and sometimes, unintentionally) utilize microbes to improve our lives and enhance our life experience.
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It's a textbook January 8, 2009
It's a textbook - don't get it unless it is required for class. It is good but if you have taken a year of intro college level biology or AP biology, you probably won't get much from this book or a 200 level microbiology class.
A superbly organized and illustrated basic textbook March 9, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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 microbiology which includes bacteria, viruses, protists, and fungi. Of special and particular interest are the chapters devoted to microbial genetics and the controlling of microbes. The role and influence of microbes in human affairs is given meticulous attention including the relationship of microbes to food and food safety; microbial DNA; biotechnology and industry; microbes in agriculture and in the environment; disease and resistance; viral diseases from AIDS to Zoster; and bacterial diseases in humans. Microbes And Society is an ideal classroom text and a highly recommended addition to school and community library microbiology science reference collections.
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