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This text is a modern, progressive, and visually appealing delve into the exciting world of microbial physiology. It starts with coverage of the fundamentals of microbiology, genetics, and cell biology. This comprehensive text focuses on the actual physiology, the metabolism and biochemistry of microbes, and how those processes and products influence microbes' interactions with their environment. Another major focus of the text are genomics and proteomics of microbes, which is the focus of nearly all current research in the field. Pedagogical features include important references, discussion and critical thinking questions, marginal summaries, and special topics boxes covering current research in microbial physiology, and a unifying theme of the physiology of human microflora, to get students interested by describing how microbial physiology relates to them.

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