Allies and enemies : how the world depends on bacteria
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- ISBN: 9780137015467 (hardback : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0137015461 (hardback : alk. paper)
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x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, ©2011.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Why the World Needs Bacteria. -- Tricks in bacterial survival -- Bacterial communities -- Under the microscope -- The size of life -- The bacteria of the human body -- The origins of our bacteria -- One planet -- Bacteria in History. -- The ancients -- The legacy of bacterial pathogens -- The plague -- Microbioligists save the day -- Unheralded heroes of bacteriology -- On the front -- Humans Defeat Germs!? (But Not for Long). -- What is an antibiotic? -- Inventing drugs is like making sausage -- Mutant wars -- Bacteria share their DNA -- The opportunists -- Bacteria in Popular Culture. -- Bacteria and art -- Bacteria in the performing arts -- Friends and enemies -- Do bacteria devour art? -- An Entire Industry From a Single Cell. -- E. Coli -- The power of cloning -- A chain reaction -- Bacteria on the street -- Anthrax -- Why we will always need bacteria -- The Invisible Universe. -- Versatility begets diversity -- Cyanobacteria -- Bacterial protein factories -- How to build an ecosystem -- Feedback and ecosystem maintenance -- Macrobiology -- Climate, Bacteria, and a Barrel of Oil. -- The story of oil -- Bacteria power -- How is a cow like a cockroach? -- Microscopic power plants -- The waste problem -- Bacteria on Mars -- Shaping the planet -- How Microbiologists Grow Bacteria. -- Serial dilution -- Counting bacteria -- Logarithms -- Anaerobic microbiology -- Aseptic technique. |
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Subject: | Bacteria Popular works Microbial biotechnology Popular works Microbiology Popular works Bacteria Bacterial Physiological Phenomena Bacteriology History |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Allies and Enemies : How the World Depends on Bacteria
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Allies and Enemies : How the World Depends on Bacteria
Bacteria are invisible, mysterious, deadly, self-sufficient...and absolutely essential for all life, including yours . No other living things combine their elegant simplicity with their incredibly complex role: Bacteria keep us alive, supply our food, and regulate our biosphere. We can't live a day without them, and no chemical, antibiotic, or irradiation has ever successfully eradicated them. They're our partners, like it or not--even though some of them will happily kill us. Allies and Enemies tells the story of this amazing, intimate partnership. Authored by Anne Maczulak, a microbiologist who's hunted and worked with an extraordinary array of bacteria, this book offers a powerful new perspective on Earth's oldest creatures. You'll discover how bacteria work, how they evolve, their surprising contributions and uses, the roles they've played in human history, and why you can't survive without them. No form of life is more important, and in Maczulak's hands, none is more fascinating. Outlasted, outnumbered, outsmarted They've been here four billion years -- and they even outnumber you in your own body How bacteria keep you alive... ...and how to keep them from killing you "Humans Defeat Germs!" But not for long... The Invisible Universe The stunning hidden relationships between bacteria and the rest of nature