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Microbiology

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  • Molecular Biotechnologyby Bernard R. Glick; Jack J. Pasternak; Cheryl L. Patten

    ASM Press 2010; US$ 119.95

    Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. At the same time, the text maintains all the hallmarks that have made it a bestseller. These include its straightforward, jargon-free writing style and its extensive use of figures that help students make sense of complex biological systems and processes. more...

  • Elements of Pharmacologyby Peter J. Bentley

    Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 38.00

    Written primarily for students of medicine, pharmacy, and pharmacology, this introductory book provides a concise summary of the principles that underlie the science of pharmacology. It presents the basic concepts required for understanding the use, mechanisms of action, toxicity and side effects, and therapeutic application of drugs in man. Thus the book may also be of interest to medical practitioners and to biological and medical scientists. Among topics covered are the sources of drugs, the way they are administered and dealt with in the body, as well as concepts about the nature of their actions. The last include their chemical interactions with components of cells and the manner in which these lead to therapeutically desirable as well... more...

  • Parasitologyby Jack Chernin

    CRC Press 2000; US$ 37.95

    The style of the book is in the form of notes, rather than detailed descriptions, accompanied by simple flow charts and diagrams. Each chapter begins with a list of keywords and concepts. It provides all the basic principles of parasitology. more...

  • Germinal Lifeby Keith Ansell Pearson

    Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95

    The companion volume to Keith Ansell Pearson's hugely successful Viroid Life. Taking its orientation from the thought of Gilles Deleuze, Germinal Life embarks on a fascinating tour of ethology, biology, ethics, literature and cyborgs. more...

  • Flagellatesby Barry SC Leadbeater; John C Green

    CRC Press 2000; US$ 149.95

    This book presents a multidisciplinary view of the flagellates exploring their unity, and their diversity. In addition, evolutionary relationships amongst the flagellates are explored. more...

  • Water Pollution Biologyby P D Abel

    CRC Press 1996; US$ 49.95

    Presents an examination of the scale of water pollution problems, and, through case studies, explores the type of investigations biologists need to undertake in solving them. The text draws comparisons between British and European practice, and includes a brief review of American procedures. more...

  • Organic Pollutantsby Colin Walker

    CRC Press 2001; US$ 54.95

    Concise information on organic pollutants at a level suitable for senior undergrad's and postgrad's. Professionals working in environmental toxicology or environmental science will also find it a valuable reference. more...

  • Human Microbiologyby Simon Hardy

    CRC Press 2002; US$ 37.95

    Demystifying the increasing reportage of human infections, this book examines the biology of microorganisms and considers the key features of those that cause illness as well as those that do not. Useful for anyone studying biological science more...

  • Parasites of the Colder Climatesby Hannah Akuffo; Ljungströ; Inger m; Ewert Linder; Mats Wahlgren

    CRC Press 2002; US$ 159.95

    Focussing on parasites which are indigenous to colder climates, this book is a valuable guide to all parasitologists, clinicians and health workers who have a vested interest in this area of study or research. more...

  • Liaisons of Lifeby Tom Wakeford

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 19.95

    A fascinating exploration of symbiosis at the microscopic level and its radical extension of Darwinism Microbes have long been considered dangerous and disgusting-in short, "scum." But by forming mutually beneficial relationships with nearly every creature, be it alga with animals or zooplankton with zebrafish, microbes have in fact been innovative players in the evolutionary process. Now biologist and award-winning science writer Tom Wakeford shows us this extraordinary process at work. He takes us to such far-flung locales as underwater volcanoes, African termite mounds, the belly of a cow and even the gaps between our teeth, and there introduces us to a microscopic world at turns bizarre, seductive, and frightening, but ever responsible... more...