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Autore |
Wassenaar Trudy M |
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Titolo |
Bacteria : the benign, the bad, and the beautiful / / by Trudy M. Wassenaar ; illustrations, Karoly Farkas ; with photographs by Eshel Ben Jacob |
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012 |
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1-283-31598-X |
9786613315984 |
1-118-14339-6 |
1-118-14338-8 |
1-118-14336-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bacteria |
Bacteria - Ecology |
Microbiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bacteria; Contents; Preface; Note to the Reader; 1. The Blue Planet; 2. Tree of Life: Let Three Live; 3. How Old Are They?; 4. On the Move; 5. Needles; 6. Dead or Alive; 7. Nobel Works; 8. Bacteria and Insects; 9. Bacterial Toxins; 10. Enzymes; 11. Genetics and Genomics; 12. Antibiotics and Resistance; 13. Marine Microbiology; 14. Bacteria and Oil; 15. Extreme Life; 16. Record Holders; 17. Bacteria and Art; 18. Fixing the Air; 19. Pest and Pestilence; 20. Our Bacteria; 21. Sensing Bacteria; 22. Bacteria and Mankind; 23. Big Questions on Small Subjects; 24. Synthetic Biology |
25. Bacteria, the Earth, and BeyondGlossary; Bibliography; Index of Bacterial Genera and Species; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to the world of bacteria When most people hear the word ""bacteria"" they think of food poisoning; infections; and acute, debilitating, or fatal diseases. Yet, while E. coli, strep, and other bacterial pathogens certainly cause their share of misery in the world, they are only a tiny portion of a vast |
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universe of microorganisms-the most basic of life forms. Without them, nothing else could live or grow on Planet Earth. Bacteria: The Benign, the Bad, and the Beautiful introduces you to this diverse, microscopic world and e |
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