Alcamo s Fundamentals of Microbiology, Eighth Edition provides a firm foundation in microbiology with an emphasis on human disease.

It is written for students in nursing and allied health programs and is appropriate for non-majors microbiology courses.

The Eighth Edition of this classic text, revised by award winning educator Jeffrey Pommerville, retains the late Ed Alcamo s student friendly style.

Microbiology is a rapidly advancing and dynamic discipline.

Dr.

Pommerville presents new content on recent discoveries, such as information on the avian flu and the 2006 Midwest mumps outbreak, in a manner that is directly applicable to students.

Dr.

For more information about the title Alcamo's Fundamentals of Microbiology, 8th Edition, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:

Foundations in Microbiology: Basic Principles — Written with the non-major/allied health student in mind, the authors use common, everyday analogies to explain the many difficult microbiology ...  > read more

Microbiology: A Human Perspective w/ARIS — Appropriate for the non-major/allied health student, this authoritative text carefully explains the fundamentals of microbiology, providing a general ...  > read more

Microbiology: An Introduction (9th Edition) — With this Ninth Edition, the “Number One” best-selling non-majors microbiology text extends its trusted and ...  > read more

Brock Biology Of Microorganisms — The authoritative text for introductory microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues its long tradition of impeccable scholarship, ...  > read more

Author: Jeffrey C. Pommerville

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Date: Dec. 15, 2006

List Price:

$142.95

Discount Price:

$58.38

Related Stories

Protein Discovery Targets Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria; Model Could Be Used In New Treatments For Food Poisoning, Typhoid (February 15, 2007) — A new type of protein discovered by Queen's University researchers may be useful in developing treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as those that cause food poisoning and ...  > read more

New Report Says Antimicrobial Resistance An Ecological Issue (October 9, 2000) — Antimicrobial agents are used for everything from fighting disease to protecting crops to producing food animals, and not enough is understood about the impact of resistance on the environment as a ...  > read more

International Study Shows Select Improvements In US Math And Science (December 28, 2004) — The United States made some headway against international counterparts in the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which compares mathematics and science performance of ...  > read more

Systems Microbiology Has Great Scientific Promise In Health And Environment (January 18, 2005) — The explosion of data from microbial genome sequencing has sparked intense new interest in the field of systems microbiology. Systems microbiology treats microorganisms or microbial communities as a ...  > read more

Scientific Literacy Happens -- When Students Think For Themselves (February 22, 2007) — Give college students less instruction and more freedom to think for themselves in laboratory classes, and the result may be a four-fold increase in their test scores. So says Steve Rissing, a ...  > read more

Search ScienceDaily

Faster Flu Test