Name: bacterial growth and form
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Author: koch
ISBN: 9781402000676

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Publisher

Springer

Author

koch

Language

English

Pages

480

ISBN

1402000677

ISBN13

9781402000676

Synopsis "bacterial growth and form"

this book is unique in the way microbiology is presented. as some of the simplest organisms, bacteria have a close connection to physics and chemistry. throughout the book an appreciation of how these organisms solve their problems is given. they do so in a way that is adequate but less dependent on the evolution of very sophisticated biological tools that are so prominent in the biology of eukaryotic plants and animals. this simplicity is a consequence of the fact that the domain of bacteria separated from the evolutionary tree earlier than the other two domains. early parts of the book are devoted to evolutionary processes and mathematics for the study of bacteria growth. also presented are the physics of osmotic pressure, surface tension, and relevant aspects of biochemistry. since this book presents a novel approach to microbiology, it will be appropriate for all microbiologists and students. even though it is written so that a prior knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and microbiology is not needed, it will be read, studied, and thought about by people with a more physical background.