Brock Biology of Microorganisms

The authoritative #1 textbook for introductory majors microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues to set the standard for impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and outstanding illustrations and photos. This book for biology, microbiology, and other science majors balances cutting edge research with the concepts essential for understanding the field of microbiology.

In addition to a new co-author, David Stahl, who brings coverage of cutting edge microbial ecology research and symbiosis to a brand new chapter (Chapter 25), a completely revised overview chapter on Immunology (Chapter 28), a new “Big Ideas” section at the end of each chapter, and a wealth of new photos and art make the Thirteenth Edition better than ever. Brock Biology of Microorganisms speaks to today’s students while maintaining the depth and precision science majors need.

Features

An evolutionary theme integrated throughout enables instructors to convey the modern view of evolution and gives students material that has been unified within a consistent and thematic context, making concepts easier to grasp.

Units 1 and 2 are organized around foundational topics, providing an overview for the course and giving instructors flexibility to teach the later units in any order they wish.

Unique coverage on Archael and Eukaryotic Molecular Biology (Chapter 7) gives instructors material they won’t find anywhere else.


Unparalleled illustration and photo program gives students a clear and fascinating view into the microbial world. Illustrations and photos are often paired in a single figure to give students an idealized view next to a realistic view and to reinforce the connection between theory and practice.

Microbial Sidebars, richly illustrated vignettes, present interesting topical material related to a chapter’s central theme. Several new sidebars that cover relevant and cutting-edge techniques including CRISPR Anti-Viral Defense System, Combinatorial Fluorescence Labeling, Bacterial Genomes, and Microbial Symbionts of Fungus-Cultivating Ants.

New To This Edition

New co-author Dave Stahl brings his unique expertise to the book by expanding and updating the Microbial Ecology coverage and writing a brand new chapter on Symbiosis (Chapter 25). Chapters 22-24 are heavily revised to incorporate recent changes in this field.

New Symbiosis chapter (Chapter 25) ties the core topics of the book–health, diversity, and the human ecosystem–into one central place.

New Big Ideas sections at the end of each chapter review the core principles in the chapter by summarizing each section in 2-3 sentences.

New MiniQuizzes are critical thinking questions that appear after every section within the chapters and signal students to stop, review, and check their understanding before proceeding to the next section.

A thoroughly updated art program ensures that a consistent style is applied throughout the text and makes the art more accessible to students. Art revisions include new styles for cells and cell membranes so that they look more dimensional and realistic; new dimensional style for DNA so that gene regions are more clearly identified and easier to read; metabolism figures and other pathway processes have been simplified and now include colored type to enhance ease of reading; and the figurative art is new to look more dimensional and consistent.


The Immunology coverage in chapter 28 has been revised to present an overview of the fundamental concepts. This chapter allows instructors to cover immunology at a generalized level. Instructors that like to go into more detail can build on the core principles taught in Chapter 28 by covering Immune Mechanisms (Chapter 29) and Molecular Immunology (Chapter 30).

Expanded coverage of Genomics appears in the Virology and Genetics section.

Quantitative questions have been added to the website to allow students to test their knowledge at a higher level.

These questions are completely new and are available at the MyMicrobiologyPlace™ website.

Expanded coverage of hot topics—such as emerging infectious diseases, biofilms, and genomics—provides exciting material to draw students in to the content.


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THE PROKARYOTES: A HANDBOOK ON THE BIOLOGY OF BACTERIA, VOLUME 1 TO 7

PREFACE
Each of the first two editions of The Prokaryotes took a bold step. The first edition, published in 1981, set out to be an encyclopedic, synoptic account of the world of the prokaryotes—a collection of monographic descriptions of the genera of bacteria.The Archaea had not yet been formalized as a group. For the second edition in 1992, the editors made the decision to organize the chapters on the basis of the molecular phylogeny championed by Carl Woese, which increasingly provided a rational, evolutionary basis for the taxonomy of the prokaryotes. In addition, the archaea had by then been recognized as a phylogenetically separate and distinguishable group of the prokaryotes. The two volumes of the first edition had by then expanded to four.The third edition was arguably the boldest step of all.We decided that the material would only be presented electronically. The advantages were obvious and persuasive. There

would be essentially unlimited space. There would be no restrictions on the use of color illustrations. Film and animated descriptions could be made available. The text would be hyperlinked to external sources. Publication of chapters would be seriati—the edition would no longer have to delay publication until the last tardy author had submitted his or her chapter. Updates and modifications could be made continuously. And, most attractively, a library could place its subscribed copy on its server and make it available easily and cheaply to all in its community.
One hundred and seventy chapters have thus far been presented in 16 releases over a six-year period. The virtues and advantages of the online edition have been borne out. But we failed to predict the affection that many have for holding a bound, print version of a book in their hands. Thus, this print version of the third edition shall accompany the online version.

We are now four years into the 21st century. Indulge us then while we comment on the challenges, problems and opportunities for microbiology that confront us.

Moselio Schaechter has referred to the present era of microbiology as its third golden age—the era of “integrative microbiology.” Essentially all microbiologists now speak a common language. So that the boundaries that previously separated subdisciplines from each other have faded: physiology has become indistinguishable from pathogenesis; ecologists and molecular geneticists speak to each other; biochemistry is spoken by all; and—mirabile dictu!— olecular biologists are collaborating with taxonomists. But before these molecular dissections of complex processes can be effective there must be a clear view of the organism being studied. And it is our goal that these chapters in The Prokaryotes provide that opportunity. There is also yet a larger issue. Microbiology is now confronted with the need to understand increasingly complex processes. And the modus operandi that has served us so successfully for
150 years—that of the pure culture studied under standard laboratory conditions—is inadequate. We are now challenged to solve problems of multimembered populations interacting with each other and with their environment under constantly variable conditions. Carl Woese has pointed out a useful and important distinction between empirical, methodological reductionism and fundamentalist reductionism. The former has served us well; the latter stands in the way of our further understanding of complex, interacting systems. But no matter what kind of synoptic systems analysis emerges as our way of understanding host–parasite relations, ecology, or multicellular behavior, the understanding of the organism as such is sine qua non. And in that context, we are pleased to present to you the third edition of The Prokaryotes.

Martin Dworkin
Editor-in-Chief

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VOLUME 1 (Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology)

VOLUME 2 (Ecophysiology and Biochemistry)

VOLUME 3 (Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes)

VOLUME 4 (Bacteria: Firmicutes, Cyanobacteria)

VOLUME 5 (Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses)

VOLUME 6 (Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass)

VOLUME 7 (Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses, Deeply Rooting Bacteria)