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Fundamentals of microbiology

By:

Pommerville, Jeffrey C

Publication details: Burlington Jones & Bartlett Learning 2022Edition: 12th edISBN:

9781284211757

Summary: Fundamentals of Microbiology, Twelfth Edition is designed for the introductory microbiology course with an emphasis on the health sciences. It consolidates the important concepts and ideas necessary for mastery by students entering the health care field as a nurse or other allied health professional. Over many editions of Fundamentals of Microbiology, the textbook has reflected flexibility by evolving in response to the rapidly changing field of microbiology and the changing learning needs of students. The Twelfth Edition has been updated with the latest scientific and education research written with a global perspective on microbiology and infectious disease. Along with these revisions, the visual aspects of the text have been improved to make the understanding of difficult complex concepts more approachable and the figures more engaging. This the first textbook to include all the fundamental microbiological disease aspects of COVID-19 in context with chapter key concepts. <ul><li>New COVID-19 pandemic material presented in context with chapter key concepts.</li><li>New chapter introduction stories are provided to "set the stage" for many of the topics in each chapter.</li><li>New and revised Clinical Cases are embedded in all the chapters to help students understand pathogens by presenting contemporary human disease scenarios.</li><li>New and revised MicroFocus boxes explore interesting topics applying microbiology and microorganisms to the everyday world.</li></ul>

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book 14-day loan	Whittington Health Library Shelves	QW 4 POM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00018872

Monograph

xxxv, 780p ; ill; 29cm.

Fundamentals of Microbiology, Twelfth Edition is designed for the introductory microbiology course with an emphasis on the health sciences. It consolidates the important concepts and ideas necessary for mastery by students entering the health care field as a nurse or other allied health professional. Over many editions of Fundamentals of Microbiology, the textbook has reflected flexibility by evolving in response to the rapidly changing field of microbiology and the changing learning needs of students. The Twelfth Edition has been updated with the latest scientific and education research written with a global perspective on microbiology and infectious disease. Along with these revisions, the visual aspects of the text have been improved to make the understanding of difficult complex concepts more approachable and the figures more engaging. This the first textbook to include all the fundamental microbiological disease aspects of COVID-19 in context with chapter key concepts. <ul><li>New COVID-19 pandemic material presented in context with chapter key concepts.</li><li>New chapter introduction stories are provided to "set the stage" for many of the topics in each chapter.</li><li>New and revised Clinical Cases are embedded in all the chapters to help students understand pathogens by presenting contemporary human disease scenarios.</li><li>New and revised MicroFocus boxes explore interesting topics applying microbiology and microorganisms to the everyday world.</li></ul>

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