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Biology of Microorganisms

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This text emphasizes the principles of microbiology, presenting both the general and molecular aspects of microbiology. The sixth edition expands material on microbial diseases to hrlp instructors taking a medical microbiological approach to the material. It includes revision study questions which are designed to encourage students to synthesize information and draw conclusions.

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First published March 21, 2011

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50 reviews12 followers
March 29, 2008
this is the essential guide to understanding microbiology. great read
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June 16, 2020
My worst nightmare
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648 reviews33 followers
February 17, 2012
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.
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328 reviews42 followers
March 2, 2012
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.
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Author 38 books93 followers
September 15, 2008
Actually I read the 8th edition, but no matter - Brock's Biology of Microorganism is a musthave Bible for students of microbiology. Highly authoritative.
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64 reviews9 followers
March 1, 2020
Use this book for reference often!
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7 reviews
February 10, 2026
Leichte Lektüre für die Klausurenphase. Super für einen entspannten Abend auf dem Sofa <3
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75 reviews36 followers
November 28, 2008
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.
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123 reviews2 followers
March 17, 2026
assim. não que eu tenha lido 100% do livro, porque pulei alguns capítulos que não estavam relacionados a minha prova do mestrado. e sinceramente, não acho muito justo logar esse tipo de livro aqui no goodreads. PORÉM queria deixar registrada - e admitindo isso com um pouco de vergonha - a segunda vez na vida que eu passo por um livro-texto inteirinho. a primeira vez foi com A Economia da Natureza, e minha leitura não foi tão atenta assim. agora, sinto que realmente Li a maior parte do livro. gosto muito do Brock por conta do grande valor que ele dá à ecologia microbiana. Thomas Brock foi o responsável pela descoberta das bactérias hipertermofílicas nas fontes hidrotermais de Yellowstone, então acho que o livro não poderia ser diferente. a cada dia que se passa, me encanto mais pela ciência da microbiologia e pelas possibilidades de responder grandes questões sobre a vida com base em seu estudo. não vejo a hora de me tornar microbiologista!!!
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400 reviews29 followers
June 27, 2013
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.
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442 reviews17 followers
October 25, 2015
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.
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304 reviews1 follower
February 28, 2008
Ok fine, I haven't read this book, but I've looked at every damn page dozens of times! That counts, right?
17 reviews
November 9, 2011
Excellent text-book! It really helped me along the path towards a love of microbiology.
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326 reviews20 followers
December 24, 2014
Interesting, a little bit boring, some chapters are extremely fun. Not for a starter though, has a lot of details in it.
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219 reviews31 followers
August 11, 2016
Pretty good, but lacking in some contents.
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19 reviews
August 12, 2024
Grace à lui que j’ai dead mes exam, tout est tellement bien expliqué et illustré nan vrm brock you ATE
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