Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 3rd Edition

By Simon Park, Jeremy W. Dale, Simon F. Park, et al.

Book Overview

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria Third Edition Jeremy W. Dale School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, UK This third edition of Jeremy Dale's successful book provides a thoroughly updated and revised introduction to the molecular biology and genetics of bacteria. Molecular Genetics of Bacteria presents both the basic concepts and the most exciting recent developments in a form which is suitable for the needs of students studying microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics and related biomedical sciences. The structure of the third edition has undergone a major reorganization and incorporates: * New material on the concept of adaptive mutation, bacterial differentiation, intercellular signalling, conjugative transposons and integrons. * Enhanced coverage of supercoiling, reporter genes, sporulation, PCR and genome sequencing projects. Reviews of the Second Edition: "I recommend this book strongly for the purpose for which it was designed, namely as an introductory text with broad coverage of the subject." Simon Baumberg, University of Leeds, Society for General Microbiology Quarterly ". a text that is readable and attractive to people who may be daunted by more-detailed works." Trends in Microbiology

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471977837
• ISBN13: 9780471977834
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.7" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book for the proper reader.

I got a lot out of this book: not mastery of the subject, but the kind of feel for genetics you cannot get from a popular book on the subject. I occasionally had to skip material, but I rarely got frustrated. It is well written, and reasonably short. Its production values are somewhat lacking for the price: self references are to chapters, not chapter sections, and the diagrams are often amateurish, although sometimes very helpful. My background: very minimal organic chemistry (but the terms covalent bond and hydrogen bond weren't unknown to me), a popular science book on genetics under my belt, not very extensive knowledge of biology. A book such as "Dictionary of Modern Biology" by Norah Rudin is a definite help, and that book is very inexpensive.

A good book

This book has the minimun to know about molecular genetics of bacteria (I am studing this subject). The illustrations are clear and very good.I can very easily see this book being used to supplement lectures in an introductory course on biotecnology. I thoroughly recommend it.