Overview

This richly illustrated book to accompany the PBS science documentary Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth (Executive Producer: Peter Baker), combines vivid, descriptive images from the series and original artwork with the compelling story of the world of microbes and their role in the Earth's ecosystem. The authors have built upon the series content to offer a more comprehensive view of our relationship with the planet's tiniest inhabitants. Targeted to a general audience, the book's lively style will engage parents and their children and teachers and their students, along with other members of the science-interested public, putting the vitally important role of the microbial world into stories and terms familiar to the reader.

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Author:   Cynthia Needham ,  Mahlon Hoagland ,  Kenneth Mcpherson ,  Bert Dodson
Publisher:   American Society for Microbiology
Imprint:   American Society for Microbiology
Dimensions:   Width: 22.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.992kg
ISBN:  

9781555811631

ISBN 10:   1555811639
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   04 February 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The World that came in the Mail Section 1: Keepers of the Biosphere Cycling Through the Biosphere Into the Rainforest Oceans of Microbes Life in the deep Sea The Sum of the Parts Section 2: Tree of Life Shaking the Tree Placing the Microbial Branches on the Tree Our Branch of the Tree Evolution on Fast Forward Forward to the Past Section 3: Dangerous Friends and Friendly Enemies Living in a Microbial World When Friends Turn Against Us Familiar Enemies The Most Lethal of Strangers Protecting our Territory Our Battle to Control Infectious Diseases Our Evolutionary Dance with the Microbes Section 4: Creators of the Future Combating Antibiotic Resistance Cleaning House Feeding the World A Walk on the Dark Side Of Microbes and Humans Afterword: Small Things Considered

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