The complete idiot's guide to microbiology / Jeffrey J. Byrd and Tabitha M. Powledge
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TextPublication details: New York : Alpha Books, c2006Description: 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 159257498X
- 9781592574988
- Microbiology
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-314) and index
A little about the tiniest life-forms : microbes and microbiology -- Microbes 101 : the two prokaryotes : bacteria and archaea -- Microbes, 101, continued : the three eukaryotes -- Viruses and prions : are they alive? -- The molecules of life -- A little about microbial genetics and genomics -- Cell structure and cell structures -- Microbial lifestyles -- The social life of microbes -- The immune system : life in the combat zone -- Dodging disease by preventing pathogens -- Dealing with disease -- Life on man, woman, and child -- Vicious viruses : viral diseases -- Bad bacteria : bacterial diseases -- Pathological protozoa and fearsome fungi : eukaryote microbial pathogens -- Food diseases and emerging diseases -- Microbes on (and in) the earth -- Microbes go to work, and to war -- Microbiology in the twenty-first century