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Microbiology: An Introduction
Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Edition: 8th
Retail Price (not our price): $132.00
ISBN: 0805376135
ISBN-13: 9780805376135
Publication Date: 2003-09
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 898


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
With every new edition, the No. 1 best-selling non-majors microbiology book wins over readers with its careful balance of concepts and applications, art that teaches, and its straightforward presentation of complex topics. For Microbiology: An Introduction,Eighth Edition, this successful formula has been refined with hundreds of research and disease updates, updated morbidity data, and an enhanced Mircobiology Place Website and CD-ROM. For college instructors, students, or anyone interested in microbiology.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) The best micro book ever.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
It's a great book, the delivery was excellent and it has a very good resale price. Get it.

2) recieved in great time but no cd rom   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
recieved quickly but no cd rom was attached I may have missed it in the description though but I don't believe it stated no cd

3) Microbiology text, It helped me.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I like this book. Microbiology is very fascinating to me. Parasites, etc are particularly interesting. If you are assigned this book for your Microbiology class, my advice is to read it and know the information. This book was very helpful.I also used a study guide "Microbiology Study Guide Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi. This book has awesome questions for studying during the semester and really gets you ready for the exams.

4) A lot of information....disorganized   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I taught a basic undergraduate microbiology class using this text book. The students were mostly pre-nursing so we had a clinical focus. My main problem with the text is it is trying to be all things to all people. It tries to present too much information that is scattered all over the text. Frequently, within chapters, students have to jump back and forth to material presented in other chapters and it simply becomes information overload. In addition, some of the study question, especially the clinically oriented ones, ask the students about areas that haven't been adequately covered in the text or assume knowledge that they don't have as yet. Finally, beware the Powerpoint slide presentations. These are also full of errors and need pretty extensive editing.

5) Great Service!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I ordered this book on a Friday for a class that started the following Monday and it was here first thing Monday morning. The book is in excellent condition. I would use this seller again!