Byrd, Jeffrey J. <br/><br/>
The complete idiot's guide to microbiology / 
 Microbiology 
Jeffrey J. Byrd and Tabitha M. Powledge 
 - New York :  Alpha Books,  c2006 
 - 329 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-314) and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>159257498X 9781592574988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Microbiology<br/>Microbiology