Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology - Softcover

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Paul Singleton. Retired academic, now a full-time scientific author.

Diana Sainsbury. Technical Editor.

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A unique, encyclopaedic reference work covering the whole field of pure and applied microbiology and microbial molecular biology. This latest edition contains a vast amount of new and updated material - often to research level, and well beyond the coverage of current textbooks - making the dictionary even more valuable to lecturers, students, researchers and others in the biosciences and medicine.

• Updates and extends current textbooks

• 18 000 entries, from concise definitions to review-length articles

• Extensive cross-referencing between topics

• Thousands of references from mainstream journals and other specialist sources

• Over 5000 taxa: algae, archaeans, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses; prions

• A 30-page Appendix of detailed metabolic pathways

• A classic book with a lifetime's use!

' very informative and extensive valuable reference tool.' FEBS Letters

'The material is well cross-referenced ... Students should find it particularly useful.' Society for General Microbiology

' the uniqueness is in its concise and clear description of terms extremely comprehensive and easy to use.' ARBA