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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.

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• Preface
• From the Preface to the First Edition
• Guide to the Encyclopedia
• Acknowledgments
• Volume 1 - A-C: ABC Transport
• Acetic Acid Production
• Acetogenesis and Acetogenic Bacteria
• Actinomycetes
• Adhesion, Bacterial
• Aerobic Respiration: Oxidases and Globins
• Aerosol Infections
• Agrobacterium
• Agrobacterium and Plant Cell Transformation
• AIDS, Historical
• Airborne Microorganisms and Indoor Air Quality
• Alkaline Environments
• Amino Acid Function and Synthesis
• Amino Acid Production
• Aminoglycosides, Bioactive Bacterial Metabolites
• Amylases, Microbial
• Anaerobic Respiration
• Antibiotic Biosynthesis
• Antibodies and B Cells
• Antifungal Agents
• Antigenic Variation
• Antisense RNAs
• Antiviral Agents
• Arboviruses
• Archaea
• Arsenic
• Attenuation, Transcriptional
• Autotrophic CO2 Metabolism
• Metabolism
• Azotobacter
• Bacillus subtilis, Genetics
• Bacteriocins
• Bacterophages
• Beer/Brewing
• Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus
• Biocatalysis for Synthesis of Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates
• Biocides
• Biodegradation
• Biodeterioration: In Wood, Architecture, Art, and Other Media
• Biofilms and Biofouling
• Biological Control of Weeds
• Biological Nitrogen Fixation
• Biological Warfare
• Bioluminescence, Microbial
• Biomonitors of Environmental Contamination by Microorganisms
• Biopesticides, Microbial
• Biopolymers, Production and Uses of
• Bioreactor Monitoring and Control
• Bioreactors
• Bioremediation
• Biosensors
• Biosurfactants
• Biotransformations
• Carbohydrate Synthesis and Metabolism
• Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation, Regulation of
• Careers in Microbiology
• Caulobacter, Genetics
• Cell Division, Prokaryotes
• Cell Membrane: Structure and Function
• Cellular Immunity
• Cellulases
• Cell Walls, Bacterial
• Chemotaxis
• Chlamydia
• Cholera
• Cholera, Historical
• Chromosome, Bacterial
• Chromosome Replication and Segregation
• Clostridia
• Coenzyme and Prosthetic Group Biosynthesis
• Conjugation, Bacterial
• Conservation of Cultural Heritage
• Continuous Culture
• Cosmetic Microbiology
• Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers
• Cyanobacteria
• Volume 2 - D-K: Dairy Products
• Detection of Bacteria in Blood: Centrifugation and Filtration
• Developmental Processes in Bacteria
• Diagnostic Microbiology
• Dinoflagellates
• Diversity, Microbial
• DNA Repair
• DNA Replication
• DNA Restriction and Modification
• DNA Sequencing and Genomics
• Downy Mildews
• Ecology, Microbial
• Economic Consequences of Infectious Diseases
• Education in Microbiology
• Emerging Infections
• Energy Transduction Processes: From Respiration to Photosynthesis
• Enteropathogenic Bacteria
• Enteroviruses
• Enzymes, Extracellular
• Enzymes in Biotechnology
• ErwiniaL Genetics of Pathogenicity Factors
• Escherchia coli, General Biology
• Escherchia coli, and Salmonella, Genetics
• Evolution, Theory and Experiments
• Exobiology
• Exotoxins
• Extremeophiles
• Eyespot
• Fermentation
• Fermented Foods
• Fimbriae, Pili
• Flagella
• Food-borne Illnesses
• Food Spoilage and Preservation
• Foods, Quality Control
• Freeze-Drying of Microorganisms
• Freshwater Microbiology
• Fungal Infections, Cutaneous
• Fungal Infections, Systemic
• Fungi, Filamentous
• Gaeumannomyces graminis
• Gastrointestinal Microbiology
• Genetically Modified Organisms: Guidelines and Regulations from Research
• Genomic Engineering

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Library Journal Review

Updated from the 1992 original, this authoritative (but not truly encyclopedic) work of over 300 clearly written articles by more than 450 international experts provides a good entry point to the field of microbiology, covering many (but not all) areas from applications to techniques. The article on biological warfare is particularly interesting as it includes a historical review from 300 B.C.E. to the present as well as the expected sections on treaties and terrorism. All entries contain an outline, glossary, summary paragraph, and the main article followed by cross references and a bibliography. There is a complete glossary in the fourth volume. The articles are accessible to most educated lay readers, making this a very attractive reference; however, the high cost would need to be considered. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries with deep pockets; for smaller libraries, a more affordable option would be a good textbook such as Wolfgang Joklik's Zinsser's Microbiology (McGraw-Hill, 1995. 20th ed.).DEric D. Albright, Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. Lib., Durham, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Lederberg's encyclopedia surveys the field in a series of review articles by experts. This second edition has been completely revised and more than half the 298 articles treat new topics. Many of the revised articles feature new authors and graphics as well as textual changes. General topics include microbiological genetics, physiology, and systematics; applied science in agricultural, industrial, and environmental microbiology; ethical and legal issues; human and plant disease; and microbiological techniques. As one might expect, emphasis on biotechnology is greater than in the first edition. There is no comparable work. Although Lederberg's encyclopedia treats some food topics, Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology, ed. by Richard K. Robinson (CH, Sep'00) is better for that subject; encyclopedic works in other areas related to microbiology (e.g., virology, immunology) are also available. Each signed article begins with an outline, a timesaving glossary, and an introductory paragraph summarizing the topic. Articles generally run 10-20 pages in length and include cross-references and brief lists of further readings. The work has indexes of keywords and of articles categorized by broad headings (e.g., genetics, ecology, or applied microbiology: industrial). It is not clear why some topics and organisms are treated in separate articles while others of equal importance are included in other articles. Intended as a reference work at the undergraduate level, this encyclopedia will also be useful as background reading for graduate students and faculty. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries. T. McKimmie New Mexico State University

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Dr. Joshua Lederberg is among the most eminent living biologists. He can be described as one of the founders of the field of bacterial genetics, which has become a crucial research area in modern biology. Leading genetics textbooks (e.g., Suzuki et al., Watson, et al.) will invariably begin the chapter on bacteria by describing the work of Lederberg and his colleagues, beacuse prior to their research, it had not even been established that bacteria had any means of exchanging genetic information, much less mechanisms by which this took place.In 1958, Joshua Lederberg received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." Drs. tatum and Beadle were co-recipients of the Prize.

Roger Hull graduated in Botany from Cambridge University in 1960, and subsequently studied plant virus epidemiology at London University's Wye College, gaining a PhD in 1964. He lectured on agricultural botany there between 1960 and 1965.

He was seconded to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda in 1964 where he taught, and learnt tropical agricultural botany and studied the epidemiology of groundnut rosette disease. By watching aphids land on groundnut plants he gained an understanding of the edge effect of spread of virus into the field. In 1965 Roger Hull joined Roy Markham at the ARC Virus Research Unit in Cambridge, UK where he worked on biophysical and biochemical characterization of a range of viruses, especially Alfalfa mosaic virus. This work continued when he moved to the John Innes Institute, Norwich with Roy Markham in 1968. There Dr Hull became a project leader and deputy head of the Virus Research Department. In 1974 he spent a sabbatical year with Bob Shepherd in the University of California, Davis where he worked on the characterization of cauliflower mosaic virus. There he was introduced to the early stages of molecular biology which changed the direction of his research. On returning to the John Innes Institute he applied a molecular biological approach to the study of cauliflower mosaic virus elucidating that it replicated by reverse transcription, the first plant virus being shown to do so. Involvement with the Rockefeller Rice Biotechnology Program reawakened his interest in tropical agricultural problems and he led a large group studying the viruses of the rice tungro disease complex. He also promoted the use of transgenic technology to the control of virus diseases and was in the forefront in discussing biosafety issues associated with this approach. Moving from rice to bananas (plantains) his group was among those who discovered that the genome of banana streak badnavirus was integrated into the host genome and in certain cultivars was activated to give episomal infection - another first for plant viruses. He retired at the statutory age in 1997.

Dr Hull is an Honorary Professor at Peking and Fudan Universities, a Doctoris Honoris Causa at the University of Perpignan, France, and a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. He is an Emeritus Fellow at the John Innes Centre where he continued research on banana streak virus for five or more years after retirement. He has published over 225 peer-reviewed papers on plant virology, many reviews and four books including the previous edition of Plant Virology and Comparative Plant Virology.

In retirement Roger Hull became involved in promoting the uptake of transgenic technology by developing countries as one approach to alleviating food insecurity. He is on the International faculty of e-learning diploma course training decision makers, mainly in developing countries, in plant biotechnology regulation. His other interests are gardening, bird watching, travelling and his children and grandchildren.