Microbiology: A Photographic Atlas for the Laboratory

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Summary: Great photos, great text, great book!
Review: I loved this book. It's a very helpful companion to your microbiology/parasitology book and class. It has a beautiful paper and photos that will be hard to find elsewhere. Also the price is great, compared to other books or atlases. Don't think twice and get it!!. You'll be amazed by Mr. Steve K. Alexander et al.

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Summary: A truly recommendable book for microbiologists
Review: If we compare price and quality this book is outstanding. There are plenty of excellent illustrations. The text captivates us by his simplicity and provides a very good support to the pictures.

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Summary: Awesome Atlas
Review: Pictures are of top quality. This makes microbiology a lot easier to understand. This book also helped me with lab. It showed pictures of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as examples quite clearly. I also highly recommend: Tortora's Microbiology Textbook. Tortora explains bacteria, viruses, parasites very well. For test preparation, get Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi. This study guide showed me what to expect on my college microbiology exams. This photo atlas is a definite keeper. Definitely not selling it back.

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Summary: would not have survived microbiology lab without it
Review: this is by far the best atlas if you are taking a college level microbiology course. the lab section of the course moves very quickly and normally you're lab experiment book will not tell you what your results should be or what they will look like. every page of this atlas is high glossy quality color photos and the text is laid out in an easy to read format. every diagnostic test that is done in the lab is covered in this book not only in text but with color photos that show how each different microbe reacts under those conditions. i can not say enough about this atlas and you could spend a lot more money on other books that are far less informative. the publisher and the author must have been out of their minds when they set the price for this book. believe me you will be so pleased with this purchase, i use it every day. FYI i am pursuing a masters degree in microbiology and i have gotten a solid A in all of my microbiology courses, thanks to this book

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Summary: Great accompaniment to microbiology texts
Review: This photographic atlas is a great accompaniment to any microbiolgy text or lab manual. The pictures are the best I've seen in a textbook and you get lots of them! This atlas does a good job of bringing the world of microbiology into a tangible light for students to appreciate and hopefully be awestruck by. The other great thing about this text is the fact that it incorporates useful text and diagrams to explain all of the pictures. The writing style is simple, concise, and easy for micro students to understand.

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Summary: Great accompaniment to microbiology texts
Review: This photographic atlas is a great accompaniment to any microbiolgy text or lab manual. The pictures are the best I've seen in a textbook and you get lots of them! This atlas does a good job of bringing the world of microbiology into a tangible light for students to appreciate and hopefully be awestruck by. The other great thing about this text is the fact that it incorporates useful text and diagrams to explain all of the pictures. The writing style is simple, concise, and easy for micro students to understand.

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Summary: You need this book!
Review: Trust me, you will love it. Even though most microbiology courses come with a lab book, it is nothing like this book. It has ALL the pictures you need, information, easy to read and most of all, will surely get you through the course with ease. It helps in every aspect. I would not have gotten through my 5 week intense summer course without it. It surely was my lab lifesaver, and I have the grade to thank for it:)

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Summary: EXCITINGLY MICRO-VISUAL
Review: With hundreds of high-quality pictures, this atlas stands out. It is hard-to-beat!
Together with their sound descriptive texts, the figures of this book will serve as indispensable guide for both beginners and advanced learners alike. The print-resolutions of all the photographs are fine. As a result, each culture-colony was well-defined and represented.
This atlas is a significant visual lab, which would assist students in honing their understanding. As well, practicing laboratory scientists would cherish the complementary knowledge it provides. And given its fair price, there is no reason why I should refrain from recommending it. It's cute!