Publisher's Synopsis
This fascinating volume is a collection of landmark papers in microbiology that have appeared during the past century. ASM committees selected papers in five categories: diagnostic microbiology, molecular biology and physiology, and virology. Each committee has contributed a general introduction, and an introduction to each paper selected. The introductions focus on the importance of each contributions as well as the historical context in which it was written. An engaging foreward by Dr, Joshua Lederberg provides additional perspective.
