Edited by
Martin Alexander, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
David Hopwood, John Innes Centre and AFRC Institute of Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK
Roger Hull, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK
Barbara Iglewski, The University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, U.S.A.
Allen Laskin, Ethigen Corporation, Somerset, NJ, USA
Stephen Oliver, UMIST, Manchester, U.K.
Moselio Schaechter, San Diego State University, CA, USA
William Summers, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Editor-in-Chief:
Joshua Lederberg, The Rockefeller University, New York, U.S.A.
Description
The First Edition of the
Encyclopedia of Microbiology was hailed by leading scientists and researchers around the world
as "excellent," "outstanding," and "impressive." This
Second Edition will serve as an up-to-date version of this reference
which has been useful to academic, industrial, and personal libraries for years. The
Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Second Edition
both challenges and stimulates the reader, and illustrates the importance of microbiology, a field that cannot be over emphasized in
this booming biotechnology age.
Audience:
Researchers, technicians, teachers and students of microbiology, biotechnology, and environmental sciences