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Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology

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This book helped me survive graduate school - especially during my written preliminary exams. It is a comprehensive source of information, and it happily contained every word I wished to look up. I would not call it simply a 'dictionary', as the explanations are very in-depth and detailed. Seriously, this is one you need in your personal collection.

Singleton's Dictonary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology is wonderfully comprehensive, very current and a bargain at $62. This dictionary at 1,000-plus pages is a must-have book.

This book was invaluable to me during my tenure as a graduate student in molecular biology. It is very comprehensive, easy to use and to understand. It is a great asset to anyone studying a biology related field at an undergraduate or graduate level. It is particularly helpful when reading papers from research journals. Worth every penny.

THe dictionary is excelent, specially to resolve urgent dudes. I recomend improve the figures and add more ones.

All I can say is that i found what i was looking for. Good explanation, ease of use....wonderfull

I have owned this book for more than 5 years. It has been my collection books for a long time. This is a great reference when I was taking all my microbiology and molecular biology classes in undergrad. This book has helped me tremendously on understanding the concept and definition of the microbio for the last 2 years of my college. I cherish this dictionary a lot,I am only trying to sell it b/c of moving, and that I am no longer in microbiology field. But from the bottom of my heart, this is definitely a great resource to look up if you need a better understanding of biology.

From reading the other reviews, I was hopeful that buying this book would mean the end of me scouring the internet for definitions of biology terms. That didn't happen. While it has some great in-depth definitions, I just don't find about 40% of the words I look for! My concentration is genetics and immunology (which this dictionary should cover, on an undergrad level at least) and I've found this book to be more a source of frustration than aid. It was not a worthwhile purchase. So I'm still in the market for a good bio dictionary.