Customer Reviews

Brock's Biology of Microorganisms

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This is probably one of the best general overviews of the various facets of Microbiology. As a student, it was probably the best book I could save as a reference. Subjects delineated in a clear, concise fashion; as well as being fairly detailed in most areas. The diagrams are well done, and helpful. The writing also flows well and makes it a easy to read, unlike some texts. All in all, one of the best textbooks I have seen and used, also one of the few I'll keep.

Overall, Brock has helped me greatly in all areas of studing microbiology. It is goof for both applied microbiology and medical/clinical microbiology and is a good refrences for general use.

D....! I bought this book, lost money. A lot of errors covered under lots of colour, e.g. one page for one graphic about Agrobacterium-infection, guess what's missing. Another one: look at the F0/F1-ATPases, there is no proton-flow through the head, this is known for years, an essential fact, even for an under- graduate course! Also the chapters about genetics and signal transduction: incomplete, poor graphics, but a lot of nice colours again. These "small" errors sum up. In my opinion it's impossible today to write a comprehensive text book which covers all topics about microbiology, an undergraduate should first learn how a prokaryotic cell works, it is impossible to learn it with this book. Then I stopped reading, for the good section about systematics it receives at last three stars, otherwise it would have been two.