Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Message from the Editor-in-Chief:

This third edition of the Encyclopedia of Microbiology is being published nine years after the second edition, a period which has seen enormous growth both in our understanding of microbiology and in our use of the web as a tool for scientific discovery. This edition allows microbial research communities to go online and gather and share the groundbreaking research that affects everyone in the scientific world.

I am pleased to present this highly comprehensive online resource to the microbiology community and feel certain that you will find its contents useful and applicable to your research. Of course, a work of this size has involved many expert scientists, who have give generously of their time to bring the online Encyclopedia of Microbiology to fruition and I extend my grateful thanks to all contributors and section editors for their excellent and timely contributions.

Thank you,
Moselio Schaechter

Editor-in-Chief

Moselio Schaechter — San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Schaechter did his graduate work at the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania. He worked on the biology of rickettsiae at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He was a postdoctoral fellow for two years in Copenhagen, in the laboratory of Ole Maaløe. Dr. Schaechter's research interest concerned various aspects of the regulation of bacterial growth. He discovered the existence of polyribosomes in bacteria and was among the first to elucidate aspects of polyribosome metabolism and the role of the cell membrane in DNA synthesis and chromosome segregation.

Dr. Schaechter spent most of his career at Tufts University in Boston, MA, where he chaired the department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology for 23 years. Since 1995, he has resided in San Diego, California, where he teaches and continues to write books and a blog, Small Things Considered. He has authored nine books, including several textbooks and reference works. He served as president of the American Society of Microbiology and in many advisory capacities to agencies and organizations.

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