| Description |
xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index. |
| Contents |
Leeuwenhoek discovers a new galaxy of organisms -- Microbial kingdom has many subjects -- Some microbes prefer life without air -- Important molecules in microbes, plants, and animals -- Where do microbes come from? -- How microbes are isolated and identified -- Care and feeding of microbes -- Hardy survivors in the microbial kingdom -- Microbes and the carbon cycle -- Bacteria that produce and use methane -- Microbes recycle nitrogen -- Bacteria spin the sulfur cycle -- Extraordinary ecology: an amazing diversity of life styles -- Fungi -- Bioenergetics: "energy currency" -- Roles of vitamins -- Microbes and sewage treatment -- Infectious diseases: history of the "germ theory" -- Three giants of infectious disease research: Pasteur, Koch, and Jenner -- Infection and immunity -- Viruses confound microbe hunters -- Killing unwanted microbes -- Central role of DNA: new vistas in microbial biotechnology -- Microbes: Earth's first inhabitants |
| Subject |
Microbiology.
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Microbiology.
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Microbiology -- history.
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| ISBN |
1555812643 |
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