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Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction

Popular Science Out of Print
By: Nicholas P Money(Author)
144 pages, 23 b/w illustrations
Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction
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  • Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 9780199681686 Paperback Dec 2014 Out of Print #212921
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About this book

In recent decades we have come to realize that the microbial world is hugely diverse, and can be found in the most extreme environments. Fungi, single-celled protists, bacteria, archaea, and the vast array of viruses and sub-viral particles far outnumber plants and animals. Microbes, we now know, play a critical role in ecosystems, in the chemistry of atmosphere and oceans, and within our bodies. The field of microbiology, armed with new techniques from molecular biology, is now one of the most vibrant in the life sciences.

In this Very Short Introduction Nicholas P. Money explores not only the traditional methods of microscopy and laboratory culture but also the modern techniques of genetic detection and DNA sequencing, genomic analysis, and genetic manipulation. In turn he demonstrates how advances in microbiology have had a tremendous impact on the areas of medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology.

Contents

1: Microbial diversity
2: How microbes operate
3: Molecular microbiology
4: Viruses
5: Microbiology of human health and disease
6: Microbial ecology and evolution
7: Microbes in agrulcture and biotechnology

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Biography

Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers on fungal biology and has authored four books, including, Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists (2002), and Mushroom (2011) described by Nature magazine as a 'brilliant scientific and cultural exploration' of his research subject.

Popular Science Out of Print
By: Nicholas P Money(Author)
144 pages, 23 b/w illustrations
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