| Edition |
Remixed edition by Molly Smith, Fall 2017. |
| Description |
1 online resource : chiefly color illustrations. |
| Current Frequency |
Updated irregularly. |
| Description |
text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Open textbook library
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Biological Sciences Open Textbooks ; 15
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Open Textbook Library.
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| Note |
This open textbook is a remix of Openstax Microbiology, CC-BY 4.0, and created through an Affordable Learning Georgia Round Six Textbook Transformation Grant. |
| Summary |
"Microbiology for Allied Health Students is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single semester Microbiology course for non-majors and allied health students. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of Microbiology for Allied Health Students make the material interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter. The scope and sequence of Microbiology for Allied Health Students has been developed and vetted with input from numerous instructors at institutions across the U.S. It is designed to meet the needs of most microbiology courses allied health students. With these objectives in mind, the content of this textbook has been arranged in a logical progression from fundamental to more advanced concepts. The opening chapters present an overview of the discipline, with individual chapters focusing on cellular biology as well as each of the different types of microorganisms and the various means by which we can control and combat microbial growth. The focus turns to microbial pathogenicity, emphasizing how interactions between microbes and the human immune system contribute to human health and disease. The last several chapters of the text provide a survey of medical microbiology, presenting the characteristics of microbial diseases organized by body system."--Open Textbook Library. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. |
| Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Microbiology -- Textbooks.
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Microbiology. |
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Textbooks.
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| Subject |
Allied health personnel.
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Allied health personnel. |
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Microbiology -- Study and teaching.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology. |
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Microbiology -- Study and teaching. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology. |
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Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Selby, Sara, author.
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Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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| Cover Title |
Microbiology for allied students |
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