Marine microbiology is only lightly covered in textbooks on marine biology or on microbiology, so Munn (marine science and engineering, U. of Plymouth, Britain) provides a focused textbook that can be used as a supplement in an upper-level or graduate course in one of those disciplines, or as a core text for a course on marine microbiology. Emphasizing links between the different aspects, he discusses such topics as microbes in the marine environment, the direct observation and enumeration of microbes, marine archaea, marine viruses, microbes in ocean carbon cycling, symbiotic associations, marine microbes as agents of human disease, and symbiotic associations. The 2003 first edition has been substantially revised to incorporate recent developments. Garland Science is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)