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Manual of Environmental Microbiology by
Provides a comprehensive analysis of general methodologies, environmental public health microbiology, microbial ecology, and biodegradation and biotransformation. Serves as the definitive reference for information on microbes in air, water, and soil and their impact on human health and welfare. An essential reference for environmental microbiologists, microbial ecologists, and environmental engineers, and those interested in human diseases, water and wastewater treatment, and biotechnology.
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9781555816025Publication Date: 2016-05-15
Microbiology by
"Microbiology covers the scope and sequence requirements for a single-semester microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of the text make the material interesting and accessible while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter. Microbiology’s art program enhances students’ understanding of concepts through clear and effective illustrations, diagrams, and photographs."--Open Textbook Library.
Call Number: Open Textbook LibraryISBN: 1938168143Publication Date: 2016-05-30
Clinical Microbiology by
Diagnostic Standards of Care Series Description: A key issue for every laboratory and individual laboratory practitioner is the assessment of risk and a current working knowledge of the standards of care established for diagnostic testing via guidelines, major studies and trials. The Diagnostic Standards of Care series presents an overview of the key diagnoses in clinical pathology using case examples to illustrate effective analysis of the case in light of current evidence and standards for the problem discussed.
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9781936287192Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases
The second edition of Microbiology of Waterborne Diseases describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems. The book is divided into sections covering bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Other sections detail methods for detecting and identifying waterborne microorganisms, and the ways in which they are removed from water, including chlorine, ozone, and ultraviolet disinfection. The second edition of this handbook has been updated with information on biofilms and antimicrobial resistance.
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9780124158467Publication Date: 2013-11-25
Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology by
The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology aims to provide an affordable and ready access to a large variety of microbiological topics within one set of covers. This handy desk-top reference brings together an outstanding collection of work by the top scientists in the field. Covering topics ranging from the basic science of microbiology to the current ""hot"" topics in the field. * Provides a broad, easily accessible perspective on a wide range of microbiological topics * A synthesis of the broadest topics from the comprehensive and multi-volumed Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Second Edition
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9780126213614Publication Date: 2003-12-04
Microbiology in Action by
An introductory text providing a broad coverage of the fundamentals of applied microbiology for non-specialists.
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9780521621113Publication Date: 1999-06-28
Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize by
We are swamped with information and each day seems to bring new discoveries that must be considered. Never before in the history of science have so many scientists been as active as today. It has become a major problem for the expert just to keep up with the literature in his or her own field of research. Why, then, should experts and their poor students worry about the pioneers of microbiology, those half-forgotten scientists who a century ago devoted their lives to a new science that was on its way to revolutionizing medicine?
Call Number: EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)ISBN: 9789812382337Publication Date: 2003-06-01
Molecular Microbiology by
The second edition of Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principles and Practice enables selection and implementation all of the latest molecular diagnostic techniques to support clinical care and basic and clinical research. The authors-all experienced researchers and diagnosticians-have performed a comprehensive review and evaluation of this rapidly evolving field and provide the new material in an easy-to-read summary format.
Call Number: Online accessISBN: 9786613034427Publication Date: 2011
Books on Microbiology (hardcopy books that can be borrowed)
Essential Microbiology for Dentistry by Call Number: STACKS QR47 .S26 2012ISBN: 9780702034848Publication Date: 2011-09-28
The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths about Germs by
What is microbiology? A few basics
Microbes in the news
We all live in a microbial world
Eat, drink, and be microbial
Clean it like you mean it
Infections and disease
These are microbial times
On the horizon.
Call Number: STACKS QR56 .M27 2007ISBN: 9781560259503Publication Date: 2007-11-09
Good Germs, Bad Germs by
Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. [This book] addresses not only this issue but also what has become known as the "hygiene hypothesis"--An argument that links the over-sanitation of modern life to now-epidemic increases in immune and other disorders. In telling the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs, [the author] explores our emerging understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the human body and its resident microbes -- which outnumber its human cells by a factor of nine to one! The book also offers a ... look into a future in which antibiotics will be designed and used more wisely, and beyond that, to a day when we may replace antibacterial drugs and cleansers with bacterial ones -- each custom-designed for maximum health benefits.
Call Number: STACKS QR57 .S24 2007ISBN: 9780809050635Publication Date: 2007-10-16
A History of Infectious Diseases and the Microbial World by
Disease and history : an overview
Miasma, contagion, and the germ theory of disease
Microbiology and the foundations of modern surgery and therapy
Viruses and viral diseases
Sanitary reform, public health, and the battle against filth and epidemic diseases
The art and science of preventing and controlling epidemic diseases
Emerging infectious diseases
Biological weapons and bioterrorism
Infectious agents and new concepts : from chronic diseases to the microbiome.
Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Welcome to the Microbial World; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Disease and History: An Overview; Chapter Two: Miasma, Contagion, and the Germ Theory of Disease; Chapter Three: Microbiology and the Foundations of Modern Surgery and Therapy; Chapter Four: Viruses and Viral Diseases; Chapter Five: Sanitary Reform, Public Health, and the Battle against Filth and Epidemic Diseases; Chapter Six: The Art and Science of Preventing and Controlling Epidemic Diseases; Chapter Seven: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chapter Eight: Biological Weapons and BioterrorismChapter Nine: Infectious Agents and New Concepts: From Chronic Diseases to the Microbiome
Call Number: STACKS RA643 .M32 2009ISBN: 9780275995041Publication Date: 2009-04-30
The Human Microbiome by
"This book explores the human microbiome--the trillions of microbes that share our bodies--and why it has become one of the hottest areas of research in human health. The book discusses the microbes that live on us and in us, how scientists study them, and how they relate to health issues such as infections, obesity, allergies, and autoimmune disorders. The book delves into the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a US government/National Institutes of Health initiative launched in 2007, in which scientists are working to identify and study all of the microbes associated with human health and disease. The book also takes readers into stores to make informed choices about the many anti-microbial and probiotic products that line the shelves."
Call Number: GPA QR171.A1 H57 2017ISBN: 9781467785686Publication Date: 2016-08-01
Killer Germs by
1. The origin of disease
Extraterrestrial origins
Spontaneous generation
Evolution of life
2. Germs and disease : a brief history
Witchcraft, retribution, and the humor of it all
Seeing the invisible
A milkmaid's tale
Chance favors the prepared mind
A sheepish situation
Mad dogs and Frenchmen
Doctors of death
That nasty little German
3. Magic bullets
The first chemotherapy
The first antibiotic
The first wonder drug
The miracle mold
A miracle from the soil
Back to the future
4. The white death
Captain of the men of death
Winning the battle
Losing the war
5. New kids on the block
Lyme disease : getting ticked off
The flesh eaters
Legionnaires' disease : opportunity knocks
6. The virus
The discovery of viruses
How do viruses work
Acute viral infections
Persistent viral infections
Our immune system and autoimmunity
Origin of viruses
Viruses as agents of genetic change
Beyond the virus, the prion
The gathering storm, emerging viruses
7. Emerging viruses
Marburg
Ebola
Lassa
Hantavirus
Dengue
West Nile virus
Why viruses emerge
8. Common viruses that kill
Influenza
The swine flu scare of 1976
The ABCs of hepatitis
Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis)
Measles
9. Parasites that kill
Protozoa
Flatworms
Roundworms
Parasitic fungi : a fungus among us
10. AIDs
A new disease emerges
Searching for the cause
Testing for AIDs
Anatomy of a virus
Prevention
Treatment
Where did HIV come from
What lies ahead
11. Bioterrorism
The nations
The germs
Bioterrorism today.
Call Number: STACKS RA643 .Z55 2003ISBN: 0071409262Publication Date: 2002-09-27
Living in a Microbial World by
Living in the microbial world
The chemistry of life
The cell : where life begins
A field guide to the microorganisms
The microbiology of history and the history of microbiology
Microbial genetics
Metabolism and growth
Microbial evolution : the origin and diversity of life
An ecologist's guide to microbiology
The nature of disease : a pathogen's perspective
Host defense
Control of microbial growth
Epidemiology : who, what, when, where, and why?
The future is here. microorganisms and biotechnology
Guess who's coming to dinner : microorganisms and food
Better living with microorganisms : industrial and applied microbiology.
Call Number: STACKS QR41.2 .H638 2011ISBN: 9780815341758Publication Date: 2010-04-12
March of the Microbes by
Though nothing in the natural world would be quite the same without them, microbes go mostly unnoticed. They are the tiny, mighty force behind the pop in Champagne and the holes in Swiss cheese, the granite walls of Yosemite and the white cliffs of Dover, the workings of snowmaking machines, Botox, and gunpowder; and yet we tend to regard them as peripheral, disease-causing, food-spoiling troublemakers. In this book renowned microbiologist John Ingraham rescues these supremely important and ubiquitous microorganisms from their unwonted obscurity by showing us how we can, in fact, see them--and appreciate their vast and varied role in nature and our lives.
Call Number: STACKS QR56 .I54 2010ISBN: 9780674035829Publication Date: 2010-02-15
Microbiology by
The twelfth edition focuses on big picture concepts and themes in microbiology, encouraging students to visualize and synthesize more difficult topics such as microbial metabolism, immunology, and microbial genetics.
Call Number: RESERVE DESK QR 41.2 T67 2016ISBN: 9780321929150Publication Date: 2014-12-31
Microbiology for Surgical Technologists by Call Number: STACKS QR46 .P837 2003ISBN: 0766826996Publication Date: 2003-01-06
Microcosm by
Signature
E. coli and the elephant
The system
The E. coli watcher's field guide
Everflux
Death and kindness
Darwin at the drugstore
Open source
Palimpsest
Playing nature
N equals 1.
Call Number: STACKS QR82.E6 Z56 2008ISBN: 9780375424304Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Teaming with Microbes by
Pt. 1. The basic science. What is the soil food web and why should gardeners care?
Classic soil science
Bacteria
Archaea
Fungi
Algae and slime molds
Protozoa
Nematodes
Arthropods
Earthworms
Gastropods
Reptiles, mammals, and birds
pt. 2. Applying soil food web science to yard and garden care. How the soil food web applies to gardening
What do your soil food webs look like?
Tools for restoration and maintenance
Compost
Mulch
Compost teas
Mycorrhizal fungi
The lawn
Maintaining trees, shrubs, and perennials
Growing annuals and vegetables
A simple soil food web garden calendar
No one ever fertilized an old growth forest
Appendix. The soil food web gardening r
Call Number: STACKS S591 .L59 2010ISBN: 9781604691139Publication Date: 2010-02-24
Understanding Microbes by
"We can't see them, but microbes are the dominant form of life on Earth. They make up half of the world's biomass. They were here billions of years before we were, and they will be here after we are gone. Without their activity, life as we know it would be impossible. Even within our own bodies, there are ten times as many bacterial cells as human cells. Understanding Microbes provides a clear, accessible introduction to this world of microbes. As well as looking at a selection of infectious diseases, including how they are prevented and treated, the book explores the importance of microbes in the environment, in the production and preservation of food, and their applications in biotechnology. This lively and engaging book provides the basics of microbiology, in a contemporary context. It will be equally useful for students across the biological, environmental and health sciences, and for the curious reader wanting to learn more about this fascinating subject. A highly-readable, concise introduction to the basics of microbiology placed in the context of the very latest developments in molecular biology and their impact on the microbial world. Numerous real-world examples range from how cows digest grass to the role of microbes in cancer and the impact of climate change Well-illustrated in full colour throughout. Written by an Author with a proven track record in teaching, writing and research."
Call Number: STACKS QR41.2 .D35 2013ISBN: 9781119978800Publication Date: 2013-02-11
Where the Germs Are by
Microbes : an introduction
Hungry: let's eat : the contaminated kitchen
Toilet training : washing hands is the best revenge
Whiter whites and brighter colors : healthy laundry
Clean up that room : kids and microbes
What love's got to do with it : microbes and your sex life
Wild kingdom : pets and their germs
Up your nose : the flu and the cold
Bottled or tap : water, and what's in it
Fresh air and sunshine : outdoor fun with microbes
Paint the town red : germs in public places
Antiseptic supermarket : products that do something, products that do nothing, and products that actually do harm.
Microbes : an introduction
Hungry? : let's eat : the contaminated kitchen
Toilet training : washing hands is the best revenge
Whiter whites and brighter colors : healthy laundry
Clean up that room : kids and microbes
What's love got to do with it : microbes and your sex life
Wild kingdom : pets and their germs
Up your nose : the flu and the cold
Bottled or tap : water, and what's in it
Fresh air and sunshine : outdoor fun with microbes
Paint the town red : germs in public place
Antiseptic supermarket : products that do something, products that do nothing, and products that actually do harm.
Call Number: STACKS QR46 .B27 2003ISBN: 0471155896Publication Date: 2003-01-01
The Wild Life of Our Bodies by
Shares the known and potential consequences of the changing relationships with nature and interactions with other species and emphasizes the importance of reconnecting with the web of life.
Call Number: STACKS QR171 .D86 2011ISBN: 9780061806483Publication Date: 2011-06-21
