Reviews and Resources:Microbe, 2nd Edition: BOOKS

Twenty years ago, I took the transformative “Microbial Diversity” course at the Marine Biological Laboratories in Woods Hole, Mass., taught by the late Edward Leadbetter and the late Abigail Salyers. Awed by the depth and breadth of what I soon called “matters microbial,” and perplexed by textbook options for use in the classroom, Ed laughed and told me I needed three texts: one for the students, and two for me. Microbiology is changing constantly, and expanding its scope to so many other disciplines as it changes. There was simply, as he put it, not enough paper for the subject matter in one book.