Department of Microbiology
Microbiology Reading List

Prescribed Reading (2nd year)

• Madigan, M.T., Martinko, J. and Parker, J. (2006) Brock Biology of microorganisms, 11th edn, Prentice-Hall. 
  Updates and study guide: http://www.prenhall.com/brock/

Recommended Reading (2nd year)

• Prescott, L.M., Harley, J.P. and Klein, D.A. (2005) Microbiology, 6th edn, MacGraw Hill.
  Updates and study guide: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072320419/
• Tortora, G.J., Funke, B.R. and Case, C.L. (2001) Microbiology - An introduction, 7th edn, Benjamin Cummings.
• Black, J.G. (2002) Microbiology; Principles and explorations, 5th edn, John Wiley and sons.
• Atlas, R.M. (1996) Principles of Microbiology, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill.

Recommended Reading (3rd year)

• Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. and Walter, P. (2002) Molecular biology of the cell, 4th edn, Garland.
• Cooper, G.M. (2000) The cell: A molecular approach, 2nd edn, ASM Press.
• Davis, B.D., Dulbecco, R., Eisen, H.N. and Ginsberg, H.S. (1990) Microbiology, 4th edn, Lippincott.
• Brooks, G.F., Butel, J.S. & Morse, S.A. (2001) Jawetz, Melnick & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 22nd edn, Appleton & Lange.
• Joset, F. and Guespin-Michel, J. (1993) Prokaryotic genetics, 1st edn, Blackwell.
• Malacinski, G.M. (2003) Essentials of molecular biology, 4th edn, Jones & Bartlett.
• Maloy, S.R., Cronan, J.E. and Freifelder, D. (1994) Microbial genetics, 2nd edn, Jones & Bartlett.
• Salyers, A. and Whitt, D. (2002) Bacterial pathogenesis: A molecular approach, ASM Press.
• Saunders, V.A. and Saunders, I.R. (1987) Microbial genetics applied to biotechnology, Croome Helme.