Monday, March 27, 2006

Best Sellers in Microbiology, June 2005-present

Here are the top 20 Microbiology titles that have been flying off the shelf from June 2005-present, as compiled by YBP Library Services. I've linked to the catalog records for titles the UMass libraries own. If you'd like to suggest that the library purchase a title, just let me know--ealling@library.umass.edu.

1. Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
Offit, Paul A.
Yale University Press
2005. ISBN 0300108648. $27.50

2. Agents of Bioterrorism: Pathogens and Their Weaponization
Zubay, Geoffrey, et al.
Columbia University Press
2005. ISBN 0231133464. $50.00

3. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology; V. 2: The Proteobacteria
Ed. by George M. Garrity
Springer-Verlag
2005. ISBN 0387950400. $396.00

4. Influence of Cooperative Bacteria on Animal Host Biology
Ed. by Margaret J. Mcfall-Ngai
Cambridge University Press
2005. ISBN 0521834651. $120.00

5. Microterrors: The Complete Guide to Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections that Threaten Our Health
Hart, Tony
Firefly Books
2004. ISBN 1552979717. $29.95

6. Principles of Molecular Virology
Cann, Alan J.
Elsevier Academic Press
2005. ISBN 0120887878. $44.95

7. Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment
Ed. by Shimshon Belkin
Springer
2006. ISBN 0387237089. $89.95

8. Phages: Their Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis and Biotechnology
Ed. by Matthew K. Waldor
American Society for Microbiology
2005. ISBN 1555813070. $119.95

9. Immunological Bioinformatics
Lund, Ole, et al.
MIT Press
2005. ISBN 0262122804. $50.00

10. Brock Biology of Microorganisms
Madigan, Michael T.
Prentice Hall
2005. ISBN 0132192268. $146.67

11. Rene Dubos, Friend of the Good Earth: Microbiologist, Scientist, Environmentalist
Moberg, Carol L.
American Society for Microbiology
2005. ISBN 1555813402. $29.95

12. Medical Microbiology
Murray, Patrick R.
Elsevier Mosby
2005. ISBN 0323033032. $69.95

13. Molecular Microbial Ecology
Ed. by A. Mark Osborn
Taylor & Francis
2005. ISBN 1859962831. $59.95

14. Killer Lymphocytes
Berke, Gideon
Springer
2005. ISBN 1402032692. $129.00

15. Molecular Approaches to Malaria
Ed. by Irwin W. Sherman
American Society for Microbiology
2005. ISBN 1555813305. $129.95

16. Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function, and Drug Design
Ed. by Wolfgang B. Fischer
Kluwer Academic/Plenum
2005. ISBN 0306484951. $125.00

17. Probiotics in Food Safety and Human Health
Ed. by Ipek Goktepe
Taylor & Francis
2005. ISBN 1574445146. $149.95

18. Prions: The New Biology of Proteins
Soto, Claudio
Taylor & Francis
2006. ISBN 0849314429. $129.95

19. Orthopoxviruses Pathogenic For Humans
Shchelkunov, Sergei N.
Springer
2005. ISBN 0387253009. $125.00

20. Identification of Microorganisms by Mass Spectrometry
Ed. by Charles L. Wilkins
John Wiley
2006. ISBN 0471654426. $89.95