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Gram-positive pathogens
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Vincent Fischetti, Richard Novick, Joseph Ferretti, Daniel Portnoy, Julian Rood, Metals Park: ASM Press, 2006, pp 888, $179–95 (hardcover). ISBN 1 55581 343 7, 2nd edition
When the journal solicits a book review from you, the e-mail contains the phrase, “as a result of your familiarity with the subject your name has been proposed as a potential author of a review”. To be honest, it was because of my unfamiliarity with the subject matter of this book that I agreed to do it. I have a background in research involving Gram-negative pathogens, so I though it would be nice for a change to learn something about the other …