A Modern Algebra for Biologists

Emphasized throughout this book is the idea that in vitro work has often thrown light upon an in vivo process or has indicated a new direction for in vivo study. It must be noted, however, that an in vitro situation is an artificial environment and care must be used in relating all such findings to the actual host-parasite relationship. In our age of molecular and submolecular microbiology, this book is refreshing. This reviewer is concerned about the number of graduate students who have not indicated any thought of relating their "test tube" studies to the behavior of the microorganism in a host or its natural environment. The book should be required reading for all graduate students in microbiology as well as for some of the faculty.