Microbiology: A Systems Approach

Author:   Marjorie Kelly Cowan ,  Kathleen Park Talaro
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780077266868


Pages:   896
Publication Date:   16 February 2008
Replaced By:   007352252X
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Marjorie Kelly Cowan ,  Kathleen Park Talaro
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   2.118kg
ISBN:  

9780077266868


ISBN 10:   0077266862
Pages:   896
Publication Date:   16 February 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   007352252X
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Chapter 1 The Main Themes of MicrobiologyChapter 2 The Chemistry of BiologyChapter 3 Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying MicroorganismsChapter 4 Procaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and ArchaeaChapter 5 Eucaryotic Cells and MicroorganismsChapter 6 An Introduction to the VirusesChapter 7 Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and GrowthChapter 8 Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of LifeChapter 9 Microbial GeneticsChapter 10 Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular BiologyChapter 11 Physical and Chemical Control of MicrobesChapter 12 Drugs, Microbes, Host—The Elements of ChemotherapyChapter 13 Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and DiseaseChapter 14 Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific DefensesChapter 15 Host Defenses II: Specific Immunity and ImmunizationChapter 16 Disorders in ImmunityChapter 17 Diagnosing InfectionsChapter 18 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and EyesChapter 19 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous SystemChapter 20 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic SystemsChapter 21 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory SystemChapter 22 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 23 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary SystemChapter 24 Environmental MicrobiologyChapter 25 Applied and Industrial Microbiology

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Kelly Cowan started teaching microbiology at Miami University in 1993. Her specialty is teaching microbiology for pre-nursing/allied health students at the universitys Middletown campus. After working as a dental hygienist, she earned her Ph.D. at the University of Louisville and later worked at the University of Marylands Center of Marine Biotechnology and the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. Kelly has published (with her students) 24 research articles stemming from her work on bacterial adhesion mechanisms and plant-derived antimicrobial compounds. But her first love is teachingboth doing it and studying how to do it better. She is past chair of the Undergraduate Education Committee of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Her current research focuses on the student achievement gap associated with economic disparities, as well as literacy in the science classroom. In her spare time, Kelly hikes, reads, and still tries to (s)mother her three grown kids. Kathleen Park Talaro is a microbiologist, educator, author, and artist. She has been nurturing her love of microbiology since her youth growing up on an Idaho farm where she was first fascinated by tiny creatures she could just barely see swimming in a pond. This interest in the microbial world led to a biology major at Idaho State University, where she worked as a teaching assistant and scientific illustrator for one of her professors. This was the beginning of an avocation that she continues todaythat of lending her artistic hand to interpretation of scientific concepts. She continued her education at Arizona State University, Occidental College, California Institute of Technology, and California State University. She has taught microbiology and majors biology courses at Pasadena City College for 30 years, during which time she developed new curricula and refined laboratory experiments. She has been an author of, and contributor to, several publications of the William C. Brown Company and McGraw-Hill Publishers since the early 1980s, first illustrating and writing for laboratory manuals and later developing this textbook. She has also served as a coauthor with Kelly Cowan on the first two editions of Microbiology: A Systems Approach. Kathy continues to make microbiology a major focus of her life and is passionate about conveying the significance and practical knowledge of the subject to students, colleagues, family, friends, and practically anyone who shows interest. In addition to her writing and illustration, she keeps current attending conferences and participating in the American Society for Microbiology and its undergraduate educational programs. She is gratified by the many supportive notes and letters she has received over the years from devotees of microbiology and users of her book. She lives in Altadena, California, with husband Dave Bedrosian, and son David. Whenever she can, she visits her family in Idaho. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, reading true crime books, music, crossword puzzles, and playing with her rescued kitties.

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