Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Global Edition

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Ecology. Dan’s postdoctoral research examined linkages between microbial diversity and biogeochemistry Diversity summer course of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology. Dan lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife, Merry, and sons, Finn and Colin. Teach tough topics with superior art and animations: Outstanding animations, illustrations, and micrographs enable students to understand difficult microbiology concepts and processes. The Fifteenth Edition guides students through the six major themes of microbiology as outlined by the American Society for Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education (ASMCUE): Evolution, Cell Structure and Function, Metabolic Pathways, Information Flow and Genetics, Microbial Systems, and the Impact of Microorganisms. Thirty-three new Microbiology chapter-opening vignettes were composed for this edition, each designed to introduce a chapter’s theme through a recent discovery published in the microbiology literature. Enhanced Instructional Art Program enhances learning with three-dimensional renditions and bright, attractive colors.

Mastering the principles of the dynamic field of microbiology today requires an understanding of supportive molecular biology. The result is a robust and modern treatment of microbiology that now includes exciting new chapters devoted to microbial systems biology, synthetic biology, the human microbiome, and the molecular biology of microbial growth. Revision Highlights: Revised Microbiology Now chapter showcases current microbiology research, contextualizes chapter content, and adds relevancy with visual content. University in Saint Louis, he studied the physiology and genomics of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in Robert Blankenship’s laboratory. Matt then accepted a faculty appointment to the Department of Personalize learning: MasteringMicrobiology coaches students through the toughest microbiology topics. Engaging tools help students visualize, practice, and understand crucial content. This chapter on microbial regulation includes broad coverage of the classic forms of regulation but has been streamlined by moving the regulation of cell differentiation and biofilm formation to Chapter 7; this allowed for enhanced coverage of hot new areas in metabolic regulation such as regulation by anti-sigma factors and transcriptional regulation in Archaea.In 2010, Matt transitioned to the Division of Natural Sciences at Indiana Wesleyan University, where he is a Professor of Biology and Director of the Hodson Summer Research Institute, a faculty-led summer research program for undergraduate students in the Natural Sciences. His research group investigates the ecology, diversity, and genomics of bacteria that inhabit extreme environments. Matt is a member of the American Society for Microbiology (including its Indiana Branch) and the Indiana Academy of Science, and he currently serves as an expert reviewer for the undergraduate microbiology research journal Fine Focus. Chapter 13 sets the stage for our unit on evolution and diversity by revealing how nucleic acid sequences have revealed the true diversity of the microbial world. The chapter has also been revised and reorganized to increase the emphasis on the origin and diversification of life and microbial systematics.

The essential features of microbial metabolism necessary for understanding how microbes transform energy is laid out in a logical sequence and at just the right level for introductory students. With the material on membrane transport now located here, the uptake of nutrients is highlighted as the initial step of any metabolic process.Microbial cell structure and function are key pillars of microbiology, and this newly reworked and streamlined chapter offers a thorough introduction to comparative cell structure and provides the instructor with all of the tools necessary for effective classroom presentations. Coverage of nutrient transport systems has been moved to Chapter 3 to better present this topic in its proper context. Updated 21st Century Microbiology improves teaching into global climate change, biofuels, and microbial fuel cells. The Fourteenth Edition and MasteringMicrobiology will provide a better teaching and learning experience —for you and your students. Chapter 4 has been reorganized to provide the streamlined view of molecular biology necessary for both supporting and understanding virtually all aspects of microbiology today

and completed graduate studies in microbial phylogeny and evolution with Carl Woese in the Department in marine microbial mats and stromatolites and was conducted in the laboratory of Pieter T. Visscher at Chapter 11, “Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea,” has been streamlined to focus on the essential concepts of mutation and gene transfer in prokaryotic cells. New high-resolution images have been included to illustrate gene transfer processes. Some highlights: a new section on assimilatory processes of autotrophy and nitrogen fixation; grouping respiratory processes by electron donor, electron acceptor, or one-carbon metabolisms; new art depicting electron flow in oxygenic photosynthesis, sulfur chemolithotrophy, and acetogenesis; discussion of the role of flavin-based electron bifurcation in energy conservation; coverage of the exciting discoveries of Intra aerobic methanotrophy and interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic methane oxidation.diversity, and microbial genomics. He received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in 2005 for excellence in integrating research and education. He has served as Director of the Graduate Field of Soil and Crop Sciences at Cornell and Co-Director of the Microbial