Text is known for its extensive use of applications throughout the text and in the narrative of every chapter that help students comprehend the key principles. Examples include "pimples that can lead to septicemia if squeezed" and "Involuntary drunkenness caused by yeast fermenting in stomach food". Informal, student-centered writing style serves more as a narrative for students exploring microbiology than as a textbook that reads as a list of facts. Accurate and informative art program. The text includes artwork produced by award winning medical illustrators and photographs that have been personally researched and identified by the author. Authoritative author. This title is written by a microbiologist, who teaches microbiology on a consistent basis. Pedagogical aids that help foster a students understanding of the subject matter and its applications.