How microbes acquire and use energy (e.g., redox, photosynthesis, fermentation).

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The Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 17th Edition maintains its position at the top of the field by being both a comprehensive encyclopedia and a highly readable textbook. It respects the historical foundations of Pasteur and Koch while pushing aggressively into the future of synthetic life and genomic editing.

Rather than treating pathogens as an isolated chapter, the 17th edition weaves medical microbiology throughout the text to show how clinical outcomes are a direct result of microbial physiology.