The Byrd, Jeffrey J. creator Powledge ,Tabitha M. text nyu New York Alpha Books c2006 2006 monographic eng

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329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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 specialized Jeffrey J. Byrd and Tabitha M. Powledge Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-314) and index Microbiology Microbiology 159257498X 9781592574988 UMP 090818 20251117145539.0 vtls000041668