Growth of the Bacterial Cell

This is a GREAT book, very complete and lucid as the sky. However it is basically superceded by the later and longer "Physiology of the bacterial cell," by a similar or identical set of authors. I own both books, because I initially was not aware of the latter. I strongly suggest the books. I am not sure "Physiology [...]" includes 100% of the material from "Growth [...]," but I see no substantial reason not to study "Physiology [...]" only. These authors, fine scientific writers, moreover are mostly (or all) editors of the massive king-of-the-hill reference "Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology." So they know what the hell they are doing, in a big way. But these books are far shorter and more readable than the latter; you can read em while you eat lunch. However they are written at a high level and to an impressive completeness.