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KEY FEATURES OF THE FULLY REVISED AND
UPDATED TENTH EDITION INCLUDE:
NEW 10TH EDITION!
Fundamentals
of Microbiology
TENTH EDITION
Jeffrey C. Pommerville, PhD, Glendale Community College
ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-8861-5 • Hardcover • 944 pages • © 2014
Every new print copy of the text includes
access to the Fundamentals of Microbiology
Student Companion Website.
The tenth edition of Jeffrey Pommerville’s best-selling, award-
winning text, Fundamentals of Microbiology, provides
nursing and allied health students with a firm foundation in
microbiology. Updated to reflect the Curriculum Guidelines for
Undergraduate Microbiology as recommended by the American
Society for Microbiology, the fully revised tenth edition includes
all-new pedagogical features and the most current research
data. This edition incorporates updates on infectious diseases
and the human microbiome, a revised discussion of the immune
system, and an expanded Learning Design Concept feature that
challenges students to develop critical-thinking skills.

■ All-new or updated discussions of the human microbiome,
infectious diseases, the immune system, and evolution
■ Expanded and updated pedagogical features throughout
■ Chapter Challenges and objectives emphasize key concepts
and promote material absorption
■ Redesigned and updated figures and tables increase clarity
and student understanding
■ Study Smart notes help ensure student success
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Accessible enough for introductory students and comprehensive
enough for more advanced learners, Fundamentals of
Microbiology encourages students to synthesize information,
think deeply, and develop a broad toolset for analysis and
research. Real-life examples, actual published experiments,
and engaging figures and tables ensure student success.
The text’s design allows students to self-evaluate and build
a solid platform of investigative skills. Enjoyable, lively, and
challenging, Fundamentals of Microbiology is an essential
text for students in the health sciences.

FOR THE LAB

Alcamo’s Laboratory
Fundamentals of Microbiology
Jeffrey C. Pommerville, PhD, Glendale Community College
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-9557-3 • Spiral • 356 pages • © 2011

This popular lab manual offers thirty-four multi-part lab exercises designed to provide
students with basic training in the handling of microorganisms, while exploring microbial
properties and uses. This lab manual can also be used independently of the main text. An
instructor’s manual, downloadable from the Web, accompanies the lab manual and provides
the principles of lab safety; research topic ideas, information on customizing laboratory
programs with the manual; helpful suggestions for setting up and running each exercise;
and lists of laboratory media, cultures, and special materials used in each exercise.

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 Alcamo’s
Fundamentals
of Microbiology
Body Systems
SECOND EDITION
Jeffrey C. Pommerville, PhD, Glendale Community College
ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-3597-8 • Hardcover • 944 pages • © 2013
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Every new copy of the text includes
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of Microbiology: Body Systems Student
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Ideal for allied health and pre-nursing students, Alcamo’s
Fundamentals of Microbiology: Body Systems, Second
Edition, retains the engaging, student-friendly style and
active learning approach for which award-winning author
and educator Jeffrey Pommerville is known. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition presents diseases, complete with
new content on recent discoveries, in a manner that is directly applicable to students and organized by body system. A captivating art
program includes more than 150 newly added and revised figures and tables, while new feature boxes, Textbook Cases, serve to better
illuminate key concepts. Pommerville’s acclaimed “learning design” format enlightens and engages students right from the start, and
new chapter conclusions round out each chapter, leaving readers with a clear understanding of key concepts.

KEY FEATURES OF THE SECOND EDITION:

■ Updated and revised throughout to keep pace with this ever-changing field.
■ New interactive animations are available online.
■ MicroFocus boxes explore captivating topics concerning microbiology and microorganisms.

■ MicroInquiry boxes allow students to interactively investigate a vital concept in the chapter.

■ Concept and Reasoning Checks measure students comprehension and retention of section material through a series of questions.

■ Textbook Case boxes describe and analyze contemporary disease outbreaks.

■ Instructor and student resources, including a Student Companion Website and Instructor’s Media CDs are available. Contact your

publisher’s representative for more information.

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FREE with Every New Print Copy of the Text!

The companion Website provides students with a number of tools that will help them navigate course material. Like a tutor, it can help
increase the efficiency of their study time and condense the main ideas of the chapter.
■ Vivid animations allow students to see important concepts first-hand, and questions throughout each module test their understanding

of the content presented.

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the chapter less overwhelming.

■ Flashcards, Crossword Puzzles, and an Interactive Glossary will allow them to master the necessary vocabulary.

■ The Study Quizzes test understanding of the material studied, and help students estimate how well they will do on the upcoming exams.

■ The MicroFocus Links correlate to the MicroFocus Feature Boxes found within the text book, and allow for further examination of the topic.

■ Microbiology in the News explores interesting microbiology topics found in current events.

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 NEW 3RD EDITION!
The Microbial
Challenge
A Public Health
Perspective
THIRD EDITION
Robert I. Krasner, PhD, MPH, Providence College
Teri Shors, University of Winsconsin, Oshkosh
ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-7375-8 • Paperback • 475 pages • © 2014
Every new print copy includes access to the
Student Companion Website!
Microbes play a highly significant role in our daily lives as agents
of infectious disease and are a major public health concern. The
third edition of The Microbial Challenge: A Public Health
Perspective addresses this topic and has been extensively
revised and updated. It focuses on human-microbe interactions
and considers bacterial, viral, prion, protozoan, fungal, and helminthic (worm) diseases. A chapter on beneficial aspects of microbes
makes it clear that not all microbes are disease producers and that microbes are necessary for sustaining life on Earth. Among the
topics explored are the response of the immune system, concepts of epidemiology, and measures of control from the individual to the
international level to thwart potentially life-threatening epidemics. Sections on fungi and fungal diseases are new and provide current
information with modern case data. The Third Edition also includes new and contemporary information on vaccinations, antibiotic
resistant microbes, practical disinfection information, virotherapy, and emerging diseases.

KEY FEATURES:
■ New sections on fungi, fungal diseases and practical disinfection
■ Updated and new topics including synthetic biology, probiotics, fecal transplants, flesh eating bacteria and genetically engineering
influenza viruses in the research laboratory
■ New illustrations, photographs, tables, population and epidemiological statistics

■ New information on public-private partnerships, including Doctors Without Borders, the World Bank, and the Global Fund for AIDS,

TB and Malaria
■ And much more!

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Alcamo’s Microbes and Society

THIRD EDITION
Benjamin S. Weeks, PhD, Adelphi Univeristy
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-9064-6 • Paperback • 550 pages • © 2012

The Third Edition is written for liberal arts students taking a foundation course in the life
sciences. It discusses the role of microbes in our everyday lives, from food production to their
role in biotechnology and the other ways microbes contribute to our world. It offers students
a broad perspective of the extensive impact of various microbes, from both a positive and
negative perspective.

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 Understanding
Viruses
SECOND EDITION
Teri Shors, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
ISBN-13: 978-1-4496-4892-3
Paperback • 704 pages • © 2012

Written for undergraduate students majoring in biology,

microbiology, medical technology, or pre-med, the second
edition of Understanding Viruses provides a balanced
approach to this fascinating discipline, combining the molecular,
clinical, and historical aspects of virology. Updated throughout
to keep pace with this fast-moving field, the text provides a
strong, comprehensive introduction to human viral diseases.
New material on molecular virology as well as new virus
families presented, coupled with chapters on viral diseases of
non-human animals; the history of clinical trials, gene therapy,
and xenotranplantation; prions and viroids; plant viruses; and
bacteriophages add to the scope of the text. Chapters discussing
specific viral diseases weave in an epidemiological and global
perspective and include treatment and prevention information. Contemporary case studies, Refresher Boxes, and Virus Files engage
students in the learning process. With a wealth of student and instructor support tools, Understanding Viruses is an accessible,
exciting, and engaging text for the modern virology course.

NEW AND KEY FEATURES OF THE SECOND EDITION:

■ Contains new material on molecular virology as well as new virus families presented within the text.
■ Provides a full-color design and rich pedagogy to help students understand and retain key concepts.
■ Combines molecular, clinical, and historical aspects of virology.

■ Includes new information on the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.

■ Contains an introductory chapter on the history of medicine, clinical trials, xenotransplantation, and gene therapy.

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NEW!
Encounters in Virology
Teri Shors, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-7349-6 • Paperback • 104 pages • © 2013

Encounters in Virology, by author and educator Teri Shors, engages readers with 14
fascinating and thought-provoking case studies pulled from headline news. Each account
describes an individual viral disease, along with the signs and symptoms that accompany it,
and asks students to become medical detectives as they move along to identify and diagnosis
these potentially life-threatening viral diseases. An ideal supplement to any microbiology or
virology course, as well as an entertaining and informative read, Encounters in Virology is
sure to bring these realistic medical tales to life as readers race against time to solve these
medical mysteries.

Encounters in Microbiology, Volumes 1 & 2 are also available.

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