Bacteria : The Benign, the Bad, and the Beautiful /

• Main Author: Wassenaar, Trudy M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Bacteria.; Bacteria > Ecology.; Microbiology.; Medicine.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology > Microbiology.; Electronic books.

"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...

Table of 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.