Brock Biology Of Microorganisms, Microbiology, Fourteenth Edition, By Pearson

It's a very well written book with in-depth details in Microbiology. The edition of the book is 14th edition. In India 14th edition was printed in 2017, however international version of 14th edition was printed in 2015. The book is easy to understand and comprehend. Everything that you need on Microbiology till postgrad level is in there. Diagrams are coloured, and pages are not glossy (which is good, as it does not reflects light while reading). Indian version is affordable than its international version. If you're familiar with Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, then reading this book could be a walk in the park (as the book also cater to postgrad level). What I liked in particular about this book is those little facts which are generally missed out by other books e.g. "...at least one eukaryote has also been shown to be a denitrifier. The protist globobulimina pseudospinescens, a shelled amoeba (a foraminiferan) can denitrify....". Out of 10, I would give this book 8.5/10, followed closely by Tortora Funke & Case 8/10.(Only drawback: Wish Indian version came with access code and student consult).

Whether you're a beginner or an expert, this book is just perfect to cover up all topics if you're a microbiology student.The topics are well explained, easy to understand and easy to remember.If you're looking for a microbiology book, this book is fully recommended!

This book got with neat photographs required.very organised and easy understanding.you can get cutting edge research experience by thoroughly understanding this book.its very important book for ug and pg preparations.

Highly recommended for student with Microbiology specialization. Would recommend to buy.

I am using this book for quite sometime. It's a good book. Some portions are better than Prescott. Bacterial metabolism is well explained in this book.

A must read book for people who are passionate towards microbiology.. When u finish this book one can boldy say that I am an expert in microbiology as the concepts are clear, well organized with a great amount of informations from basics to depth.

The book is truly amazing and full of quality material with pictures attached. It is a much needed book for microbio students.I feel proud to recommend you this book as it is quality in affordable price.

Every topic covered in detail and in simple language, standard book for microbiologyValue for money

Book in almost perfect condition at a wonderful price !!

The book is in excellent conditions, and the price is reasonably good.Very well depicted and explained, everything is clear and concrete. 10/10

Its my girlfriends, she said the pictures weren't life size. All in all, kind of disappointed

Il libro è sigillato e nuovo. A colori. Non è un formato classico, nel senso che è più largo del solito, comunque ottimo affare visto il prezzo pagato (55€). la spedizione è stata velocissima: 3 giorni dalla malesia in italia sabato e domenica inclusi.

The first thing I like about the text is that it has a lot of chapters devoted to microbes before getting to the medical microbiology parts. I have one other microbiology text and it basically pays lip service to microbes across a few chapters and then spends the rest of the book talking about what diseases various microbes produce. There is nothing wrong with that if you are interested primarily in the medical aspects of microbiology, but what if you are interested in microbiology for the sake of microbiology itself? You get shortchanged. But this text has chapter after chapter covering microbes, in detail, before getting into the chapters devoted to medical implications.The second thing I like about the text is that I keep finding interesting tidbits of information: things you don't usually get from reading molecular cell biology texts and other biology texts. Things such as, the largest individuals of the bacterial species Thiomargarita namibiensis have a diameter of about 750 micrometers, making it about 5 times the size of a typical paramecium; Archaea do not have fatty acids in the membrane lipids; some Archaea have a monolayer instead of a phospholipid bilayer; many Archaeal lipids contain rings in the hydrocarbon chains; some prokaryotes have membrane-bounded (but monolayer) inclusions such as magnetosomes, PHAs, and sulfur granules; heterocystous cyanobacteria have a differentiated cell called a heterocyst where nitrogenase is protected from oxygen; some plasmids are linear; even though E. coli can double in population size in 20 minutes it take 40 minutes to replicate the chromosome; and so on.