Two decades ago Benjamin Lewin's Genes revolutionised the teaching of molecular biology and molecular genetics by introducing a unified approach to bacteria and higher organisms. Genes has remained at the cutting edge of molecular biology, covering gene structure, organisation, and expression.

Filled with lively vignettes and cutting-edge research that highlight the intrinsic appeal of microbiology, Bauman’s Mircobiology Second Edition retains the book’s groundbreaking art program, includes a handy new “Microbe-at-a-Glance” feature, offers new options for the Microbiology Place website/CD-Rom, and provides instructors with a new Media Manager presentation package with 30 multi-step animations.