In article <erik_read-241094180046 at gardner2.life.uiuc.edu>,
erik_read at powershare.life.uiuc.edu (EriK) wrote:
>> > I will be teaching a Microbial Genetics course next semester. The course
> > will be both lecture and lab.
> >
> > Is there a textbook that anyone might recommend? lab manual?
> > -Rich
> > Friedman at mbcl.rutgers.edu> >
>> I recommend a lab manual written by Stanley R.
Maloy, >The title of the manual is "Experimental Techniques in Bacterial
Genetics," >Jones and Bartlett publishers. The book is an excellent lab
manual as well as >source
> -Jeff Nauseda, UIUC
>> Email to : jeff_nauseda at qms1.life.uiuc.edu
I agree, Stan's book is great! For lecture, you can try another book by
Maloy (Maloy, Cronan, and Freifelder, Microbial Genetics also by Jones and
Bartlett). Maloy and Cronan did a great job revising the original
textbook. It still lacks a good treatment of bacterial genetics of non E.
coli bugs but it's pretty good.
I also recommend Francoise Joset and Janine Guespin-Michel, Prokaryotic
Genetics. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1993. This is what I use
this year. It's really good in it's treatment of non E. coli bugs but
might be a little too advanced for your average undergrad...and it lacks
pictures ;-)
For the history of genetics (to make the course a little more
interesting) look up the *excellent* Thomas Brock, The Emergence of
Bacterial Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1990.
For a short read, P. F. Smith-Keary, Molecular Genetics of E. coli.
The Guilford Press, 1989 is pretty good.
Email me directly if you want more references.
