microbiology books

	Review of Medical Microbiology
	By: Patrick R. Murray, Ken Rosenthal ISBN: 0323033253 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 29 June, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 455977
	Illustrated Microbiology Memory Cards: MicroMnemonics
	By: Howard Shen ISBN: 1595411038 Publisher: Minireview Release Date: 16 February, 2009 Bioscience book rank: 827336
	Study Guide for Bailey and Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology
	By: Betty A. Forbes, Daniel F. Sahm, Alice S. Weissfeld ISBN: 0323047807 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 22 January, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 736380	The study guide is very easy and simple to follow. It provide the essiential information need. Great for studying and reviewing
	Environmental Microbiology
	By: Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba ISBN: 0124975704 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 23 February, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 552498	I was anxious to receive this book, since it was praised as one of the best books available in the area of environmental microbiology. After reading through the pages, I just couldn't agree with this statement. <br>Here are some of the good points of this book: It's written in a fairly easy to understand language and provides a lot of pictures and graphs to illustrate important concepts. <br>Here are the bad points: It summarizes a lot and leaves out a lot of details and information. Whoever buys this book better know something about biochemistry and microbiology already. The graphs and pictures are sometimes ridiculous and of poor quality, almost like they were done at a home PC. <br>The book would be best for somebody who is a hobby environmentalist that wants to expand his/her knowledge, or undergraduate students of biology who want to explore the environmental aspect of microbiology out of curiosity. If you are serious about environmental microbiology and really want to get into it on a more professional level, I suggest the "Manual of Environmental Microbiology" 2nd edition, published by the American Society for Microbiology. It's a little more expensive, but worth every penny! This is one of the most detailed, interesting, well illustrated books in microbiology that I have ever read. It gets right to the information that someone working in the environmental field needs, all in one place. No more digging around through multiple sources and hunting the internet for the latest information - its all here.
	Microbiology: With Diseases by Taxonomy
	By: Robert Bauman ISBN: 0805376798 Publisher: Not Avail Release Date: January, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 847177
	Instant Notes in Microbiology (Instant Notes)
	By: J. Nicklin ISBN: 185996267X Publisher: BIOS Scientific Publ Release Date: 27 August, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 856155	I found this book to help me with studying for the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. <br /> <br />The virus section was also very helpful for my college microbiology class. <br /> <br />For test preparation I used also "Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers" also on Amazon. (author Patrick Leonardi.) This study guide showed me the type of questions asked by college professors of microbiology. This helped a lot because now I knew what to expect. <br /> <br />However, a good knowledge source like "Instant Notes in Microbiology" provided a very good way to first learn the facts. "Instant Notes in Microbiology" is a cheap and cheerful alternative to the proliferation of glossy microbiology textbooks which the North American market has spawned over the last decade. If cheap and cheerful puts you off, it shouldn't. The book is comprehensive, well written, well illustrated (in black and white), and importantly, reasonably priced. Unashamedly concentrating on a non-medical approach to microbiology (although medical microbiology is covered as well), the book lives up to it's title and presents a wide range of material concisely in an extended note format.<br>So what's the downside? I wonder if students can be weaned away from the Technicolor extravaganzas which compete for their attention, or if lecturers can be persuaded to adopt this minimalist volume as opposed to the competition? Also, while this is an excellent introduction to microbiology, to progress to a deeper understanding of specific topics, students will need to be persuaded to undertake extra reading and research. As we know, back to basics can have it's pitfalls, but put to the purpose for which it is intended, this is the most useful microbiology textbook it has been my pleasure to read for many years..... I have been traditionally schooled as a molecular biologist and had not dealt with microbiology since an intro course in college. When a new job landed me in a bacterial research lab, I panicked. This book has provided me with a great review of microbiology and prompted me to remember things I didn't know that I knew! The text is clearly stated and easy to understand. There are many cross references to other sections of the book which help to tie concepts together in a quick and concise manner. The diagrams are well drawn and very concise. I would recommend this book for those who have had some micro, but feel the need to brush up on the basic concepts.
	Environmental Microbiology: From Genomes to Biogeochemistry
	By: Eugene L. Madsen ISBN: 1405136472 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Release Date: 14 April, 2008 Bioscience book rank: 872817
	Microbiology: Diversity, Disease, and the Environment
	By: Abigail A. Salyers, Dixie D. Whitt ISBN: 1891786016 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 15 July, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 701591
	Student Study Guide to accompany Foundations in Microbiology
	By: Nancy M Boury, Kathleen Park Talaro, Jackie Butler ISBN: 0072553030 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Release Date: 27 February, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 750092
	Microbiology for the Health Sciences (4th Edition)
	By: Marcus M. Jensen, Donald N. Wright, Richard A. Robison ISBN: 0132514648 Publisher: Benjamin Cummings Release Date: 09 September, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 694600