A unique, encyclopaedic reference work covering the whole field of pure and applied microbiology and microbial molecular biology. This latest edition contains a vast amount of new and updated material - often to research level, and well beyond the coverage of current textbooks - making the dictionary even more valuable to lecturers, students, researchers and others in the biosciences and medicine. * Updates and extends current textbooks * 18,000 entries, from concise definitions to review-length articles * Extensive cross-referencing between topics * Thousands of references from mainstream journals and other specialist sources * Over 5000 taxa: algae, archaeans, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses; prions * A 30-page Appendix of detailed metabolic pathways * A classic book with a lifetime's use!

The most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of all terms of this essential field of modern life sciences! With more than 6000 technical terms, this dictionary reflects the importance of gene technology for present-day biology. Extensive explanations and illustrations accompany the terms, providing admirably clear access to the complexities of this vital discipline. Moreover, the book elucidates the jungle of synonyms, acronyms and swamps of jargon that have frustrated many a researcher. The multitude of cross-references enables non-specialists and experts alike to understand links to related sciences such as genetics, biotechnology, microbiology and biochemistry. Students, researchers, officials and journalists will soon find it difficult to imagine tackling gene technology without the assistance of this user-friendly dictionary.

More than two thousand alphabetically arranged entries offer explanations of terms in most areas of the biosciences, covering topics including fission, HIV, nitrification, and transplantation.

Interdisciplinary in scope, Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology is a tool for excellence in your field. (view table of contents)

Product Description: More specific than a general dictionary, this pocket guide contains only those terms encountered in the fields of bio-chemistry and molecular biology. It includes words and phrases such as "G protein" amd "isozyme" that are unique to these fields and terms such as "fingerprint", "library" and "ping-pong" that have special meanings in these disciplines...read more

Product Description: In response to the expansion of knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology, the Second Edition of this reference has been completely revised and updated, with approximately 16,000 new entries. Names of specific compounds and other substances have been substantially enlarged, and definitions have been expanded for clarity and precision...read more