1. The Main Themes of Microbiology 2. The Chemistry of Biology 3. Tools of the Laboratory: Methods of Studying Microorganisms 4. A Survey of Prokaryotic Cells and Microorganisms 5. A Survey of Eukaryotic Cells and Microorganisms 6. An Introduction to Viruses 7. Microbial Nutrition, Ecology, and Growth 8. An Introduction to Microbial Metabolism: The Chemical Crossroads of Life 9. Microbial Genetics 10. Genetic Engineering: A Revolution in Molecular Biology 11. Physical and Chemical Agents for Microbial Control 12. Drugs, Microbes, Host--The Elements of Chemotherapy 13. Microbe-Human Interactions: Infection and Disease 14. An Introduction to Host Defenses and Innate Immunities 15. Adaptive, Specific Immunity and Immunization 16. Disorders in Immunity 17. Procedures for Identifying Pathogens and Diagnosing Infections 18. The Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Cocci of Medical Importance 19. The Gram-Positive Bacilli of Medical Importance 20. The Gram-Negative Bacilli of Medical Importance 21. Miscellaneous Bacterial Agents of Disease 22. The Fungi of Medical Importance 23. The Parasites of Medical Importance 24. Introduction to Viruses That Infect Humans: The DNA Viruses 25. The RNA Viruses That Infect Humans 26. Environmental Microbiology 27. Applied and Industrial Microbiology
Kathleen Park Talaro is a microbiologist, educator, author, and
artist. She has been nurturing her love of microbiology since her
youth growing up on an Idaho farm where she was first fascinated by
tiny creatures she could just barely see swimming in a pond. This
interest in the microbial world led to a biology major at Idaho
State University, where she worked as a teaching assistant and
scientific illustrator for one of her professors. This was the
beginning of an avocation that she continues today—that of lending
her artistic hand to interpretation of scientific concepts. She
continued her education at Arizona State University, Occidental
College, California Institute of Technology, and California State
University. She has taught microbiology and major’s biology courses
at Pasadena City College for 30 years, during which time she
developed new curricula and refined laboratory experiments. She has
been an author of, and contributor to, several publications of the
William C. Brown Company and McGraw-Hill Publishers since the early
1980s, first illustrating and writing for laboratory manuals and
later developing this textbook. She has also served as a coauthor
with Kelly Cowan on the first two editions of Microbiology: A
Systems Approach. Kathy continues to make microbiology a major
focus of her life and is passionate about conveying the
significance and practical knowledge of the subject to students,
colleagues, family, friends, and practically anyone who shows
interest. In addition to her writing and illustration, she keeps
current attending conferences and participating in the American
Society for Microbiology and its undergraduate educational
programs. She is gratified by the many supportive notes and letters
she has received over the years from devotees of microbiology and
users of her book. She lives in Altadena, California, with husband
Dave Bedrosian, and son David. Whenever she can, she visits her
family in Idaho. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, reading
true crime books, music, crossword puzzles, and playing with her
rescued kitties. Barry Chess has taught microbiology at Pasadena
City College for more than twenty years. Prior to that, while
studying at the California State University and the University of
California, he conducted research into the expression of genes
involved in the development of muscle and bone.
At PCC, beyond his usual presence in the microbiology laboratory
and lecture hall, Barry has taught majors and non-majors biology,
developed a course in human genetics, helped to found a
biotechnology program on campus, and regularly supervises students
completing independent research projects in the life sciences.Over
the past several years, his interests have focused on innovative
methods of teaching that lead to greater student success. He has
written and reviewed cases for the National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science and contributed to the book Science Stories You
Can Count On: 51 Case Studies with Quantitative Reasoning in
Biology. Barry has presented papers and talks on the effective use
of case studies in the classroom, the use of digital tools to
enhance learning, and for several years served as a scientific
advisor for the American Film Institute. In addition to Laboratory
Applications in Microbiology, Barry is coauthor of the lecture text
Foundations in Microbiology, now in its tenth edition. He is a
member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and the American Society for Microbiology, and the Skeptics
Society. Barry was profiled in the book, What Scientists Actually
Do, where he was illustrated as a young girl with pigtails, about
to stick a fork into an electrical outlet.
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