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TITLE: Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 5th edition (2018)
AUTHOR: Marjorie Kelly Cowan, Heidi Smith
ISBN-13: 9781259706615
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FILE SPECS: true PDF, logical page numbers as in the print version, bookmarks, 166 MB, .7z compression

DESCRIPTION: The Cowan books have always been built around logical and clear organization, a factor that is critical when non-majors are attempting to learn a science full of new vocabulary and concepts.

- SYSTEMATIC ORGANIZATION of the disease chapters that groups microbes by the conditions they cause.
- EPIDEMIOLOGY in every disease table.
- OPENING CASES that teach students how to read science articles in the popular media with a critical eye.
- MICROBIOME findings in all 25 chapters - in form of Microbiome Insight boxes as well as in the text. This reinforces how game changing the microbiome findings are.
- VISUAL feature on the difference between the deadliness and the contagiousness of various microbes that appears in every disease chapter.
- CLEAN, uncluttered, and predictable sequence of chapter content.

BRIEF CONTENTS:
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1 The Main Themes of Microbiology
2 The Chemistry of Biology
3 Tools of the Laboratory: Methods for the Culturing and Microscopic Analysis of Microorganisms
4 Bacteria and Archaea
5 Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms
6 An Introduction to the Viruses
7 Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth
8 Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life
9 Microbial Genetics
10 Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA
11 Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes
12 Antimicrobial Treatment
13 Microbe-Human Interactions: Health and Disease
14 Host Defenses I: Overview and Nonspecific Defenses
15 Host Defenses II: Specific Immunity and Immunization
16 Disorders in Immunity
17 Diagnosing Infections
18 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and Eyes
19 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous System
20 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
21 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System
22 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract
23 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System
24 Microbes and the Environment
25 Applied Microbiology and Food and Water Safety
appendixes
glossary
index