Microbiology: An Evolving Science is now more student-friendly, with an authoritative and readable text, a comprehensively updated art program, and an innovative media package.

This book is an important contribution not just to our understanding of Hobbes's political thinking, but, perhaps more importantly, to our understanding of the way in which a system of ideas is constituted and applied.

Striking a perfect balance, the Fifth Edition helps instructors convey exciting research in this rapidly evolving field while also motivating students to learn the fundamentals amid an overwhelming amount of information.

This new edition demonstrates the role and use of agile testing best practices and includes a specific agile case study.

A microbiology text as dynamic as the field it represents

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The most successful new microbiology text in a generation.

The Fourth Edition has two new themes-the human gut microbiome and Antarctic microbiology-that highlight exciting discoveries in two key areas of the discipline (medical and ecological microbiology).