1. The Main Themes of Microbiology2. The Chemistry of Biology3. Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms4. A Survey of Prokaryotic Cells and Microorganisms5. A Survey of Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms6. An Introduction to Viruses7. Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth8. An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life9. Microbial Genetics10. Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology11. Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control12. Drugs, Microbes, Host--The Elements of Chemotherapy13. Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease14. An Introduction to Host Defenses and Innate Immunities15. Adaptive, Specific Immunity and Immunization16. Disorders in Immunity17. Procedures for Identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections18. The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance19. The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance20. The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance21. Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease22. The Fungi of Medical Importance23. The Parasites of Medical Importance24. Introduction to Viruses That Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses25. The RNA Viruses That Infect Humans26. Environmental Microbiology27. Applied and Industrial Microbiology
Kathleen Park Talaro is a microbiologist, educator, author, and
artist. She has been nurturing her love of microbiology since her
youth growing up on an Idaho farm where she was first fascinated by
tiny creatures she could just barely see swimming in a pond. This
interest in the microbial world led to a biology major at Idaho
State University, where she worked as a teaching assistant and
scientific illustrator for one of her professors. This was the
beginning of an avocation that she continues todaythat of lending
her artistic hand to interpretation of scientific concepts. She
continued her education at Arizona State University, Occidental
College, California Institute of Technology, and California State
University. She has taught microbiology and majors biology courses
at Pasadena City College for 30 years, during which time she
developed new curricula and refined laboratory experiments. She has
been an author of, and contributor to, several publications of the
William C. Brown Company and McGraw-Hill Publishers since the early
1980s, first illustrating and writing for laboratory manuals and
later developing this textbook. She has also served as a coauthor
with Kelly Cowan on the first two editions of Microbiology: A
Systems Approach. Kathy continues to make microbiology a major
focus of her life and is passionate about conveying the
significance and practical knowledge of the subject to students,
colleagues, family, friends, and practically anyone who shows
interest. In addition to her writing and illustration, she keeps
current attending conferences and participating in the American
Society for Microbiology and its undergraduate educational
programs. She is gratified by the many supportive notes and letters
she has received over the years from devotees of microbiology and
users of her book. She lives in Altadena, California, with husband
Dave Bedrosian, and son David. Whenever she can, she visits her
family in Idaho. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, reading
true crime books, music, crossword puzzles, and playing with her
rescued kitties.
Barry Chess has been teaching microbiology at Pasadena City College
for over 15 years. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees
from California State University, Los Angeles, and did several
years of postgraduate work at the University of California, Irvine,
where his research focused on the expression of eukaryotic genes
involved in the development of muscle and bone. At Pasadena City
College, Barry developed a new course in human genetics and helped
to institute a biotechnology program. He regularly teaches courses
in microbiology, general biology, and genetics, and works with
students completing independent research projects in biology and
microbiology. Over the past several years, Barrys interests have
begun to focus on innovative methods of teaching that lead to
greater student understanding. He has written cases for the
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science and presented
talks at national meetings on the use of case studies in the
classroom. In 2009, his laboratory manual, Laboratory Applications
in Microbiology: A Case Study Approach, was published. He is
thrilled and feels very fortunate to be collaborating with Kathy
Talaro, with whom he has worked in the classroom for more than a
decade, on this ninth edition. Barry is a member of the American
Society for Microbiology and regularly attends meetings in his
fields of interest, both to keep current of changes in the
discipline and to exchange teaching and learning strategies with
others in the field.
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