The amoeba in the room : lives of the microbes / / Nicholas P. Money
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Money Nicholas P
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| Titolo: |
The amoeba in the room : lives of the microbes / / Nicholas P. Money
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 579.17 |
| Soggetto topico: | Microbial ecology |
| Microbiology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; The Amoeba in the Room; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1: Eden; 2: Lenses; 3: Leviathan; 4: Dirt and Water; 5: Air; 6: Naked Ape; 7: Vulcan's Forge and Dante's Hell; 8: New Jerusalem; Notes; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER2; CHAPTER3; CHAPTER4; CHAPTER5; CHAPTER6; CHAPTER7; CHAPTER8; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Animals and plants rule the world - or do they? A cup of seawater contains 100 million cells which are preyed upon by billions of viruses; a pinch of soil swarms with cryptic microbes whose activities are a mystery; 50 million tons of fungal spores are released into the atmosphere every year and affect the weather; and, human beings are mobile ecosystems that farm, and are farmed by, vast populations of bacteria and viruses involved with almost every aspect of our wellbeing. Theseare the vast, unnoticed, unmentioned 'elephants in the room' of planet earth.The more we learn about microbial biod |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The amoeba in the room |
| ISBN: | 0-19-164374-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464866103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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