Brock Biology of Microorganisms

by Michael T. Madigan, Thomas D. Brock, John M. Martinko

The authoritative #1 textbook for introductory majors microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues to set the standard for impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and outstanding illustrations and photos. This book for biology, microbiology, and other science majors balances cutting edge research with the concepts essential for understanding the field of microbiology, including strong coverage of ecology, evolution, and metabolism.

The Fourteenth Edition seamlessly integrates the most current science, paying particular attention to molecular biology and how the genomic revolution has changed and is changing the field. This edition offers a streamlined, modern organization with a consistent level of detail and updated, visually compelling art program. Brock Biology of Microorganisms includes MasteringMicrobiology(R) , an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts both in and outside the classroom.

The Fourteenth Edition and MasteringMicrobiology will provide a better teaching and learning experience--for you and your students.

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Personalize learning: MasteringMicrobiology coaches students through the toughest microbiology topics. Engaging tools help students visualize, practice, and understand crucial content. Focus on today's learners: Research-based activities, case studies, and engaging activities improve students' ability to solve problems and make connections between concepts. Teach tough topics with superior art and animations: Outstanding animations, illustrations, and micrographs enable students to understand difficult microbiology concepts and processes. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MasteringMicrobiology does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MasteringMicrobiology search for ISBN-10: 0321897072/ISBN-13: 9780321897077. That package includes ISBN-10: 0321897390/ISBN-13: 9780321897398 and ISBN-10: 0321943732/ISBN-13: 9780321943736.
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Genres: Science, Biology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Reference, Academic, Classics

1032 pages, Hardcover

First published March 21, 2011

Reviews

[Rene · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is the essential guide to understanding microbiology. great read

[Joana]

My worst nightmare

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite Microbiology text, I particularly like its art/illustrations. However it is an advanced text and probably not the best for novice students - it can get a bit highly detailed at times and its organization could be better, particularly when it chooses to introduce new concepts/vocabulary.

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Update: currently reading this for my upper-level Microbial Ecology class.

Textbook for my 300-level microbiology class. Incredibly detailed (too detailed for the scope of my class) but the pictures and diagrams are excellent and this will probably be a good resource for upper-level microbiology classes.

[Tyas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually I read the 8th edition, but no matter - Brock's Biology of Microorganism is a musthave Bible for students of microbiology. Highly authoritative.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Use this book for reference often!

[Alessa Schiele · Rating 1 out of 5]

this causes me too much emotional damage

[Ricky Bosso · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gotta represent this fine tome.

[Dibakar Seal · Rating 5 out of 5]

👍🏻👍🏻

[Greg Collver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best so far.

[Moran · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly superficial. I haven't read all of it, but as a textbook used in a lab course, it could do much better work in explaining and elaborating and not just summarizing (and not very accurately) banal ideas.
It was also not very easy to find my way in it.

[Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

UBC, Micb 300 + 401 - Microbial Ecology, Environmental Micb Techniques. Nice images. Text are a little on the simple side, doesn't go into too much depth. Not very much useful for advance Micb courses, but i guess would be a good general guide.

[TWA · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate microbiology. I don't think I opened this book more than once.

[Alinke Labuschagne]

micro, surprise surprise. it's mostly about bacretia.

[kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok fine, I haven't read this book, but I've looked at every damn page dozens of times! That counts, right?

[Gabriella · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is my text book. i really like this book because it's so colorful. it makes me forget for moment about the difficulty of microbiology, the subject that i'm currently learning.

[Guymejia]

read

[Osama Gool]

all

[JubJub · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent text-book! It really helped me along the path towards a love of microbiology.

[Islin Munisteri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of microbiology.

[Jesus]

perfect to my thesis

[Mimesis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything I needed to know for my microbiology exam plus a lot of additional info I can use in other classes or read purely out of interest.

[Bilge B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, a little bit boring, some chapters are extremely fun. Not for a starter though, has a lot of details in it.

[Siti Fitria]

good

[Arwin Hernandez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm finished! Sort of. ;)

[Nair · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good, but lacking in some contents.

[Reema · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Juliette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grace à lui que j’ai dead mes exam, tout est tellement bien expliqué et illustré nan vrm brock you ATE

[Roghayeh Shirvani · Rating 5 out of 5]

best biology book in the world ;)

[Mary Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I particularly appreciate how this textbook is organized. A very logical progression is followed from beginning to end and includes excellent examples of concepts and references to active and advancing studies in the field.