{"product_id":"principles-of-microbial-diversity-james-w-brown-9781555814427","title":"Principles of Microbial Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery speck of dust, drop of water, and grain of soil and each part of every plant and animal contain their own worlds of microbes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned as a key text for upper-level undergraduates majoring in microbiology, genetics, or biology, \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Microbial Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a solid curriculum for students to explore the enormous range of biological diversity in the microbial world. Within these richly illustrated pages, author and professor James W. Brown provides a practical guide to microbial diversity from a phylogenetic perspective in which students learn to construct and interpret evolutionary trees from DNA sequences. He then offers a survey of the \"tree of life\" that establishes the necessary basic knowledge about the microbial world. Finally, the author draws the student's attention to the universe of microbial diversity with focused studies of the contributions that specific organisms make to the ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Microbial Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e fills an empty niche in microbiology textbooks by providing an engaging, cutting-edge view of the \"microbial zoo\" that exists around us, covering bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, and viruses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555814425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555814427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ASM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 8.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"James W. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065704165631,"sku":"9781555814427","price":73.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_916c8b3b-9235-43f0-8f50-5c1c211d847d.jpg?v=1768676703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/principles-of-microbial-diversity-james-w-brown-9781555814427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}