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Microsporidia
Louis M. Weiss
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Description for Microsporidia
Hardcover. Provides an overview of the biology of microsporidia. This book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen. It deals with general methodologies as well as special techniques related to these organisms. Num Pages: 728 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & w. BIC Classification: MMFM; PSG; PSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 219 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2128.
Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen.
Newly revised and updated for its second edition, Microsporidia will continue to be the standard text reference for these pathogenic protists, and is an indispensable research resource for biologists,
physicians and parasitologists.
This new edition of this publication provides systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen by leading experts in the field, and will be combined with descriptions of the ... Read moremethods and resources for working with this pathogen.
• Provides a comprehensive summary of literature on microsporidia and microsporidiosis
• The long-awaited update to the standard microsporidia reference text The Microsporidia and Microsporidiosis
• Written by an international team of authors representing each of the main research groups working on microsporidia
• Chapters provide comprehensive overviews of general methodology as well as special techniques related to these organisms
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Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
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About Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H. is an attending physician at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, and at the Bronx Municipal Hospital, where he also serves as a consulting physician in parasitology and tropical medicine. Dr. Weiss is a peer reviewer for numerous journals including the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Parasitology Research, and ... Read moreClinical Infectious Disease. The author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Weiss has contributed chapters and monographs to dozens of books in the field, andis a co-editor of five previous books on parasitology and infectious disease. James J. Becnel, Ph.D, is Lead Scientist and Research Entomologist with the USDA-ARS in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Becnel serves on the editorial boards for Journal of Invertebrate Pathology and Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, and has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on parasitology and entomology related topics. Show Less
Reviews for Microsporidia
“This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47 contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surely destined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeable future. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity and importance of these “newcomers” to kingdom Fungi, and I have no doubt that most mycologists will have a similar reaction.” (IMA ... Read moreFungus, 1 December 2014) Show Less