Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 6th edition
Title overview
For pre-nursing and allied health students; includes mixed-majors courses.
The world of microbiology and why it matters to human life
Exploring microbiology has never been more important, or more exciting. Using problem-based learning exercises and thought-provoking questions, Microbiology with Diseases by Body System helps students visualize the invisible and develop critical thinking. Author-created Video Tutors and Disease in Depth encourage understanding and exploration. A focus on clinical applications prepares students for future success in applied practice and healthcare careers.
The 6th Edition is updated throughout with the latest scientific and educational research and data available. It updates and adds new features, including Solve the Problem!, Before You Begin questions, and Micro Check questions. All case studies have been reviewed and revised for medical relevance and accuracy, and many other enhancements are found throughout.
Hallmark features of this title
- Micro in the Clinic features engage students at the beginning of the chapter and throughout; each chapter concludes with Micro in the Clinic Follow-up.
- Disease in Depth 2-page spreads are highly visual and feature illustrations, micrographs and infographics, with in-depth overviews of selected diseases for comprehensive study and review.
- Clinical Case Study and Emerging Disease Case Study features discuss a patient's experience with a microbial disease and conclude with questions for the student.
- End-of-Chapter Reviews include Concept Mapping exercises, Critical Thinking questions and Visualize It questions.
New and updated features of this title
- NEW: Before You Begin questions open every chapter, spurring students to test their foundational knowledge before beginning the chapter.
- NEW: Micro Check questions are strategically placed throughout every chapter, challenging students to use their acquired knowledge as they proceed.
- REVISED: New and updated Solve the Problem! features include A Juicy Dilemma; How Clean Is Too Clean?; The Challenge of Developing New Antimicrobial Drugs; Microbes in the Produce Aisle; Rights versus Responsibilities; and more.
- REVISED: Expanded end-of-chapter review questions use personal narrative-style scenarios, in a manner shown to improve retention, cultivate student interest, and align more closely with national board certification exams.
- REVISED: Updated case studies: A practicing clinician consulted, evaluated, rewrote, and improved every case study (chapter openers, clinical case studies, emerging disease case studies) to be more medically relevant and accurate.
- REVISED: Enhanced artwork has been revised to accommodate accessibility needs (e.g., on images such as incidence maps that rely on differences in shading).
Key features
Features of Mastering Microbiology for the 6th Edition
- NEW: Interactive Reading Assignments provide students with an all-in-one learning experience; all of their assignments, including reading, are integrated into one place.
- Instructors can choose to assign all or specific sections of a chapter as well as coaching activities, drag and drop assignments, Dynamic Study Modules and more in Mastering for auto-grading.
- NEW: MicroLab Explorations provide decision-tree lab exercises that allow students to learn and get feedback in a low-stakes environment. Students develop critical-thinking skills and confidence, while learning important lab techniques and learn concepts for wet or virtual lab experiences.
- NEW: Gap Finder: Microbiology Diagnostic Assessment contains questions based on 5 topics: Study Skills, Math Essentials, Chemistry Basics, Cell Biology Basics, and Biology Basics.
Features of Pearson+ eTextbook for the 6th Edition
- NEW: Micro in the News: By Students For Students are regularly updated articles that showcase student-authored content and connect current events to the topics in this book.
- Student submissions are selected by the authors and published digitally in the eText, offering students the opportunity to gain publishing experience that they may include on their resumes and CVs.
- Students can learn more about this opportunity and submit an article for publishing here.
Table of contents
- 1. A Brief History of Microbiology
- 2. The Chemistry of Microbiology
- 3. Cell Structure and Function
- 4. Microscopy, Staining, and Classification
- 5. Microbial Metabolism
- 6. Microbial Nutrition and Growth
- 7. Microbial Genetics
- 8. Recombinant DNA Technology
- 9. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment
- 10. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs
- 11. Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes
- 12. Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes
- 13. Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
- 14. Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology
- 15. Innate Immunity
- 16. Adaptive Immunity
- 17. Immunization and Diagnostic Immunoassays
- 18. Immune Disorders
- 19. Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Wounds
- 20. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes
- 21. Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
- 22. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
- 23. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
- 24. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems
- 25. Applied and Industrial Microbiology
- 26. Microbiology Ecology and Microbiomes
Author bios
About our authors
Robert W. Bauman has been a professor of biology and past chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at Amarillo College in Amarillo, Texas. He has taught microbiology, human anatomy and physiology, and botany for over 35 years. In 2004, the students of Amarillo College selected Dr. Bauman as the recipient of the John F. Mead Faculty Excellence Award and he has been nominated yearly, but winning through the college limits to 1 time. He received an M.A. degree in botany from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in biology from Stanford University.
His research interests have included the morphology and ecology of freshwater algae, the cell biology of marine algae (particularly the deposition of cell walls and intercellular communication), environmentally triggered chromogenesis in butterflies, and terrestrial oil pollution remediation by naturally occurring bacteria. He is a member of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) where he has held national offices, Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) where he has served in a statewide position of leadership, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and The Lepidopterists' Society. When he is not writing books, he enjoys spending time with his family: gardening, hiking, camping, restoring older homes, mentoring students, backpacking, cycling, skiing, and reading by a crackling fire in the winter and in a gently swaying hammock in the summer.
Todd Prim (contributor) is a professor at Sam Houston State University in the Department of Biological Sciences and former Director of the Teaching and Learning Center. In 2010, he was Distinguished Alumnus of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of Baylor College of Medicine, where he earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry. He is active in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and received the ASM Texas Branch 2015 Faculty Teaching Award. He was chair of the 2013 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators and currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. He has received the Certificate of Effective College Instruction from the Association of College and University Educators and the American Council on Education and facilitates other faculty in earning that certification on his campus. Todd loves mentoring students and spending time with his wife of 31 years and their children and grandchild.
Christopher Thompson (contributor) is the Manager of National Training and Career Development Programs at Kennedy Krieger Institute, beginning in May 2024. He oversees training programs for child neurologists and brain/spinal cord injury specialists. Prior to this, he spent nearly 20 years teaching microbiology and cell biology, authoring multiple novel online microbiology learning aids, mentoring students in his immunology laboratory, and helping undergraduates navigate their career decisions.
He has won several mentoring awards at Loyola University Maryland, including the Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring and the AFFIRM Award. He served as President of the American Society for Microbiology - Maryland Branch in 2010 and was a Board Member from 2009-2012. Seven of his students have won ASM-MD Branch’s prestigious annual J. Howard Brown award for Best Undergraduate Research projects.
Christopher earned his Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Iowa and his bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Eastern Washington University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He loves fishing with his son and making gifts in his woodshop.
About the clinical consultants
Cecily D. Reeves is nationally certified as both a family nurse practitioner and physician assistant. She is a professor currently teaching at Samuel Merritt University (SMU) in Oakland, California, and was in clinical practice from 1980-2018. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California, San Francisco; her BSN from California State University, Long Beach; and her P.A. certificate from the Stanford Primary Care program. She currently teaches in the SMU physician's assistant department.
Jordan Roeder is nationally certified as an Adult Geriatric - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. He received his associate's degree in nursing from Amarillo College in 2012, a BSN from Texas Tech University in 2014, and a MSN from the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus in 2018. He has over 6 years of hospital nursing experience, including 3 years ICU nursing at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas where he was the recipient of the Daisy Award for extraordinary nursing. From 2018 to 2019 he served as a medical ICU Fellow at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he completed a Critical Care APP fellowship. Since 2020) he has been practicing at Baylor Scott and White University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas in the Medical and Neuro ICU.