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Nonfiction · Science · Health & Medicine · Science and nature
About 19 h 30 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 40 days
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Microbiology explains how microorganisms function, reproduce, and interact with people and their surroundings, connecting biological principles to clinical problems. Starting with chemistry and cell structure, Tortora, Funke, and Case progress through microbial metabolism, growth, and genetics to immune defenses, antimicrobial drugs, and infectious diseases organized by body system. They also cover microbes in soil, sewage treatment, food production, and industry.
An introductory college textbook commonly used in nursing and allied health courses, it calls for sustained study despite beginning with foundational concepts. Diagrams, clinical cases, and chapter questions help break up the technical material, but the broad coverage and specialized vocabulary make it a demanding introduction.
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Students taking introductory college microbiology, particularly in nursing and allied health courses. The coverage connects biological principles to clinical problems, including immune defenses, antimicrobial drugs, and infectious diseases organized by body system.
Yes, the broad coverage and specialized vocabulary make it a demanding introduction that calls for sustained study. Diagrams, clinical cases, and chapter questions help break up the technical material.
No, it begins with foundational chemistry and cell structure before moving into microbial metabolism, growth, and genetics. That starting point supports an introductory course, though the academic prose and technical vocabulary still require sustained attention.
Clinical cases and practical exercises connect explanations of microorganisms to health problems. The scope also extends beyond medicine to microbes in soil, sewage treatment, food production, and industry, balancing applications with biological principles.
About 976 pages in the Pearson 2018 edition.
Pearson · 2018 · Loose-leaf. ISBN 9780134720388.
About 19 hours 30 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 976-page Pearson edition. Dense books can take longer.
Gerard J. Tortora writes foundational textbooks in microbiology, anatomy, and physiology for students preparing to use science in clinical and other practical settings. His method is cumulative and highly structured. He moves from cells, tissues, and basic processes toward organ systems, disease, immunity, and treatment, using illustrations, case studies, questions, and exercises to reinforce the connections. Microbiology links microbial structure, metabolism, and genetics to human health and environmental concerns. Principles of Anatomy & Physiology similarly treats the body as an interacting system, pairing anatomical terminology with clinical applications and research relevant to patient care.
Berdell R. Funke was a microbiologist and educator whose work ranged from food and soil microbiology to pathogenic microbiology and clinical parasitology. He is best known as a coauthor, with Gerard J. Tortora and Christine L. Case, of Microbiology: An Introduction, to which he contributed sixteen of twenty-eight chapters. The textbook translates a broad scientific field for pre-nursing, allied-health, and mixed-major students. Its progression from cellular and genetic foundations through microbial diversity, disease, and environmental applications gives clinical and ecological material a shared framework. Clear explanations, integrated visuals, practical situations, and critical-thinking questions turn technical processes into steps readers can examine and apply.
Christine L. Case is a microbiology educator whose publishing joins scientific survey with hands-on investigation. Her training in microbiology and curriculum design informs books that ask students to reason through evidence rather than memorize classifications. Coauthored with Gerard J. Tortora and Berdell R. Funke, Microbiology: An Introduction assumes little prior science and moves from cellular fundamentals through organisms and host interactions to diseases arranged by body system, then to environmental and industrial microbiology. Clinical cases, figure questions, and stepwise visuals keep the exposition active and show how research develops. In the coauthored Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology, students predict outcomes, follow protocols, organize data, and draw conclusions through adaptable, class-tested exercises.
Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Desmond, Carlo Pedretti
Science · Science and nature · Nature and environment
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