Research Guides: BIOL 2420 SE Microbiology for Non-Science Majors: Ebooks

Recommended Ebooks

Below are some selected ebooks and quick reference guides that will assist you with BIOL 2420 concepts.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Food Safety by Chin-Yi Chen (Editor); Xianghe Yan (Editor); Charlene R. Jackson (Editor)
Antimicrobial Resistance and Food Safety: Methods and Techniques introduces antimicrobial resistant food-borne pathogens, their surveillance and epidemiology, emerging resistance and resistant pathogens.
Bacteria and Viruses by Kara Rogers
This penetrating volume takes readers under the lens of a microscope to explore the structure, nature, and role of both bacteria and viruses as well as all other aspects of microbiology.
Essential Microbiology by Stuart Hogg
Essential Microbiology 2nd Edition is a fully revised comprehensive introductory text that provides an ideal entry into the world of microorganisms, considering all aspects of their biology (structure, metabolism, genetics), and illustrates the remarkable diversity of microbial life.
Fighting Infectious Diseases by Justin Healey
Food Microbiology by Kalmia E. Kniel; Thomas J. Montville; Karl R. Matthews
Presents all facets of food microbiology to undergraduates.
A Guide to Cyanobacteria by Mark A. Nienaber; Miriam Steinitz-Kannan
Written for nonspecialists in a clear and straightforward style, this guide will help students, landowners, and citizen scientists identify different kinds of cyanobacteria and understand their impact on waterways, from neighborhood lakes and farm ponds to major river systems.
The Infectious Microbe by William Firshein
Call Number: QR46 .F57 2014
This book is a response to current confusion of microbes amongst the general public; written in narrative form, it will allow readers to better understand the scientific concepts and terminology of how microbial or viral diseases are caused, to ask intelligent questions about the impact of such diseases on our wellbeing, and to comprehend reports about disease outbreaks that flood the media.
Microbiology by BarCharts
Quick reference guide
On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus by David Waltner-Toews
Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans--called zoonoses--including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay.
Understanding Microbes by Jeremy W. Dale
Understanding Microbes provides a clear, accessible introduction to the 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.
Viruses: More Friends Than Foes by Karin Moelling
Well-known virologist and cancer researcher Karin Moelling describes surprising insights about a completely new and unexpected world of viruses.

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