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Bacteria : The Benign, the Bad, and the Beautiful / by Trudy M. Wassenaar ; illustrations, Karoly Farkas ; with photographs by Eshel Ben Jacob.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118107669
  • 1118107667
  • 9781118143391
  • 1118143396
  • 9781118143360
  • 1118143361
  • 9781118143384
  • 1118143388
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 616.9/201 23
LOC classification:
  • QR74.8 .W37 2012eb
Other classification:
  • SCI045000
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Color Plates -- The Blue Planet -- Tree of Life: Let Three Live -- How Old are they? -- On the Move -- Needles -- Dead or Alive -- Nobel Works -- Bacteria and Insects -- Bacterial Toxins -- Enzymes -- Genetics and Genomics -- Antibiotics and Resistance -- Marine Microbiology -- Bacteria and Oil -- Extreme Life -- Record Holders -- Bacteria and Art -- Fixing the Air -- Pest and Pestilence -- Our Bacteria -- Sensing Bacteria -- Bacteria and Mankind -- Big Questions on Small Subjects -- Synthetic Biology -- Bacteria, the Earth, and beyond -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Bacterial Genera and Species -- Subject Index.
Summary: "This book introduces bacteria and basic microbiological concepts to readers without previous background in the subject. Each chapter concentrates on a particular topic and can be read in isolation or as part of the whole, and wherever possible points are illustrated through real-world examples and short stories. Although bacterial scientific names are used and translated when possible, in general scientific jargon is avoided in order to make the material as accessible as possible for the lay reader"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

"This book introduces bacteria and basic microbiological concepts to readers without previous background in the subject. Each chapter concentrates on a particular topic and can be read in isolation or as part of the whole, and wherever possible points are illustrated through real-world examples and short stories. Although bacterial scientific names are used and translated when possible, in general scientific jargon is avoided in order to make the material as accessible as possible for the lay reader"-- Provided by publisher.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Frontmatter -- Color Plates -- The Blue Planet -- Tree of Life: Let Three Live -- How Old are they? -- On the Move -- Needles -- Dead or Alive -- Nobel Works -- Bacteria and Insects -- Bacterial Toxins -- Enzymes -- Genetics and Genomics -- Antibiotics and Resistance -- Marine Microbiology -- Bacteria and Oil -- Extreme Life -- Record Holders -- Bacteria and Art -- Fixing the Air -- Pest and Pestilence -- Our Bacteria -- Sensing Bacteria -- Bacteria and Mankind -- Big Questions on Small Subjects -- Synthetic Biology -- Bacteria, the Earth, and beyond -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Bacterial Genera and Species -- Subject Index.

microbiology