MP: Microbiology: An Organ Systems Approach w/ OLC bind-in card

Marjorie Kelly Cowan, Kathleen Park Talaro (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

2005
McGraw-Hill Professional
978-0-07-111573-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Written with the non-major/allied health student in mind. Offering both an interesting writing style through the use of case studies and analogies and a vivid art program, this book explains difficult microbiology concepts in an accessible manner. The chapters provides students a realistic viewpoint of the clinical experiences they encounter.

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Up-to-date and extensively reviewed, Microbiology is written with the non-major/allied health student in mind. Offering both an engaging writing style through the use of case studies and analogies and a vivid art program, the text thoroughly explains difficult microbiology concepts in an accessible manner. Utilizing an organ systems approach, the unique in-chapter organization of the disease/clinical chapters provides students a realistic viewpoint of the clinical experiences they will encounter in the future.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

1 The Main Themes of Microbiology2 From Atoms to Cells: A Chemical Connection3 Tools of the Laboratory: The Methods for Studying Microorganisms4 Procaryotic Profiles: The Bacteria and Archaea5 Eucaryotic Cells and Microorganisms6 An Introduction to the Viruses7 Elements of Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth8 Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life9 Microbial Genetics10 Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology11 Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes12 Drugs, Microbes, Host - The Elements of Chemotherapy13 Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease14 Nonspecific Host Defenses15 Specific Immunity and Immunization16 Disorders in Immunity17 Diagnosing Infections18 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Skin and Eyes19 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Nervous System20 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems21 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Respiratory System22 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract23 Infectious Diseases Affecting the Genitourinary System24 Environmental and Applied MicrobiologyAppendix A Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions and Selected Matching

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 203 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 1783 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• ISBN-10: 0-07-111573-0 / 0071115730
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-111573-5 / 9780071115735
• Zustand: Neuware