Customer Reviews

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
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This book is the best intro microbiology textbook I've seen. The author writes in a very straigtforward, no nonsense, yet detailed fashion and explains concepts with a perfect blend of precision and simpicity that other books lack. The book has nice photos and illustrations to support the great writing.

I used this book in the 200-level microbiology course I taught last year and will use it again this year. It has wonderful figures and great instructor resources. There are a few errors in the text, for example the glossary gives the definition of an auxotroph to be that of an autotroph, and the autotroph definition is that of the auxotroph. This confused my students.

It's a great book for a nursing/ non-majors microbiology course. I would stick with Brock's Biology of Microorganisms for a Biology Majors course.


--> Addition to this review (Dec. 2010), it's filled with errors, as is the instructors guides that are online for this text. It makes it difficult to teach something if the book is incorrect. For example, look up autotroph and auxotroph in the glossary. The definitions are backwards. This is just one example of many errors!!

This book is a great way to save money!!!! The non-international version that my class required was double the price. This is the international version, which is NO DIFFERENT in text, and it is paperback. The only down side may be selling it when I'm done.. oh well..

Makes it really hard to read the required reading assignment when you can't find the page right away. Spent 20 min finding one reading! Don't waste your money!

I bought this book for class, I liked how quickly I recieved it. And it was in pretty good shape.

This was a loose leaf version of the text, it was a lot cheaper than the bound version, and less bulky/more convenient in that you didn't have to carry the whole book around, you could just bring the chapter you were learning that that time.

This text book was worth the money. It was easy to read, very understandable, clear and contained little to no mistakes.

Definitively, I recomend this seller. My book arrived on time, without having to email the seller. Although it is used, the previous owner preserved it in good conditions. I always check what is the seller's rating based on the customers reviews.

Congratulations, you made a great job!!!

If you have to buy it for class, thena review is not too helpful. The seller was cheap enough and the book arrived about a week after ordered

The book came in a timely manner and in great condition. Very little writing and highlighting.