The magnitude of recent changes in the field of
medical microbiology has warranted this fifth
edition of Lecture Notes: Medical Microbiology
and Infection. While these changes have been
encompassed in new chapters, this edition
continues to…
The previous editions of this book have never looked very much like their predecessors, and this
fourth edition is no exception. Due to the accumulation of new findings during the seven years
that has passed since the previous update, practically…
The twenty-sixth edition of Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s
Medical Microbiology remains true to the goals of the first
edition published in 1954 “to provide a brief, accurate and
up-to-date presentation of those aspects of medical microbiology that…
Microbiology refers to the study of microorganisms. As the name suggests,
microorganisms are organisms that are so small they can only be seen using
a microscope. Bacteria, fungi (such as yeasts and molds), protozoa, viruses,
algae, and some…
Bioinformatics is the convergence of two trends in biological research since the 1960s:
storage of molecular sequences in computer databases and application of computational
algorithms to the analysis of DNA and protein sequences. Both sequence…
All active cellular systems require water as the principal medium and solvent for their metabolic and
ecophysiological activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water,
although providing inter alia excellent sources of…
THE AIM in this edition has been to present current information about fundamental principles of microbiology, with modern exemplifications, in a simple,
direct and concise form, yet, having in mind the burdens of the college student
of today, in as…
“A history of bacteriology on the Illinois campus begins essentially with the work
of Professor Thomas J. Burrill who was appointed by the Board of Trustees as Assistant
Professor of Natural History and Botany on November 18, 1868. A few years…