Essential Microbiology
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2021
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2021
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2021
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Essential Microbiology is an all-inclusive resource to students, serving as both textbook and lab manual to provide a foundation for allied health professionals and biology majors alike. Concepts are presented in easy to grasp excerpts making content accessible while maintaining rigor. Each chapter includes hands-on investigations and student worksheets, exposing students to 46 laboratory protocols.
Essential Microbiology emphasizes the diversity and evolution of microbial zoology with a focus on human-microbe interactions. Students explore aseptic techniques, diverse culturing methodology, and staining protocols regularly. The textbook includes practice problems for data analysis and culminates in the identification of an unknown microbe.
CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Science
CHAPTER 2 Cell Biology Overview
CHAPTER 3 Metrics and Microscopes
CHAPTER 4 Aseptic Technique
CHAPTER 5 Sample Preparation and Staining
CHAPTER 6 Prokaryotic Microbes
CHAPTER 7 Eukaryotic Microbes
CHAPTER 8 Non-living Microbes
CHAPTER 9 Growth and Culturing
CHAPTER 10 Epidemiology
CHAPTER 11 Pathology
CHAPTER 12 The Immune System
CHAPTER 13 Microbial Control
CHAPTER 14 Therapeutic Agents
CHAPTER 15 Evolution
CHAPTER 16 Application
APPENDIX 1 Notable Pathogens
APPENDIX 2 Answers to Exercises
GLOSSARY
Sascha McKeon (1984-Present) was born and raised on the island of Kaua'i, Hawai'i, before her academic career took her to the continental US and culminated in the receipt of her doctorate in Biomedical Science from SUNY-Albany in New York, with a specialty in immunology and infectious disease. Sascha has been teaching at Blue Mountain Community College in Eastern Oregon, since 2012 and considers herself a pioneer of active learning and Open Education Resources. She teaches face-to-face, hybrid, and Quality Matters certified online courses for both majors and non-majors alike while serving as part of the executive board of their faculty union.
Her first book, "Essential Microbiology," was written as part of a "textbook affordability" program, offering students in her course a comprehensive and lab-based class at a 1/3 of the cost. This textbook revolutionized the didactic pedagogy of her class, making the material more hands-on and engaging for students. By consolidating concepts into short "big picture" excerpts, students found the content more accessible and engaging as each chapter was paired with hands-on labs and focused laboratory techniques and protocols. Students went from completing 8 labs in a term to 16 different themed explorations, including over 40 clinical lab procedures.