Microbiology: A Laboratory Manual (5th Edition) - Softcover

Cappuccino, James G.; Sherman, Natalie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805376461 ISBN 13: 9780805376463

Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

This versatile laboratory manual can be used effectively with any undergraduate microbiology text and course. Known for its comprehensive scope, flexible format, and competitive price, Microbiology: A Laboratory Manual, Fifth Edition includes a wide variety of experiments critically selected and tested to facilitate effective instruction in basic principles and techniques. Each of the 77 experiments includes an overview, an in-depth discussion of the principle involved, procedural points, sources of materials, and answers to review questions. Comprehensive introductory material is included at the beginning of each major area of study, and laboratory safety instructions are provided. This lab manual is also available for custom publishing with instructors' own labs: instructors can make their selections through the Benjamin Cummings website at www.awl.com/bc.

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From the Back Cover

This versatile laboratory manual can be used with any undergraduate microbiology text and course. Known for its brief laboratory activities, minimal equipment requirements, and competitive price, the manual includes a variety of experiments selected to assist in the teaching of basic principles and techniques. Each of the 77 experiments includes an overview, a purpose, an in-depth discussion of the principle involved, easy-to-follow procedures, and lab reports with review and critical thinking questions. Comprehensive introductory material and laboratory safety instructions are provided. For college instructors and students.

About the Author

James G. Cappuccino is a retired professor (in residence) of Microbiology from the Department of Biology at the State University of New York at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York. In 1991, he was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award from the State University of New York for Excellence in Teaching. He received his M.S degree (1955) and Ph.D (1957) from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.  From 1957 to 1970 he was associated with the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. He was the author and co-author of numerous papers in the area of cancer chemotherapy, and was a member of the faculty of the Sloan Kettering Division of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Cornell University in New York, where he taught microbiology. From 1970 to 1995 he taught microbiology, parasitology and clinical chemistry at SUNY Rockland. He is an emeritus member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and an emeritus member of the American Society for Cancer Research (AACR). Although officially retired, he still teaches a microbiology course for nurses at SUNY Rockland.  When not writing, he enjoys spending time with his wife Elaine and their family at their summer home at the New Jersey shore. He also enjoys theater, literature, traveling abroad, and the quiet hours in his wood working shop.

Natalie Sherman received her B.S. in biology and her M.S. in microbiology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her professional career spanned 32 years at the State University of New York at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, as a professor of microbiology. In addition to microbiology, she taught genetics, anatomy and physiology, and human sexuality. To be more akin to the needs of her students she received an AAS degree in Nursing in 1981. She passed away on October 29, 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0805376461
• ISBN 13: 9780805376463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 477