Author: John Postgate
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: man, microbes
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2000-07-15
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0521665795
ISBN-13: 9780521665797
Univ. of Sussex, UK. Provides an introduction to the world of microbes and their diverse roles in the human world. The impact which the microbial community has on human life is described in an accessible style. Includes issues such as: genetic engineering, HIV and AIDS, DNA fingerprinting, BSE and CJD, food poisoning, and gene therapy. Softcover.
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Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
Keywords: century, energy, source, microbes
Published: 2007
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8189422146
ISBN-13: 9788189422141
Author: Howard Gest
Publisher: Unknown
Keywords: universe, invisible, microbes
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1555812643
ISBN-13: 9781555812645
Authors:K.V.B.R. Tilak, K.K. Pal, Rinku Dey,
Publisher: I K International Publishing House
Keywords: agriculture, sustainable, microbes
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2009-12-10
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 9380026889
ISBN-13: 9789380026886
The present book comprising 16 chapters covers various aspects of microorganisms as natural resources for sustainable agriculture. The composition of media used for culturing the microorganisms and methods are also enlisted in this book. Figures with updated information is also a salient feature of this book. Selected references, suggested readings, glossary of terms used are given at the end of the book. The book is written as per the syllabi of the various universities. This will form a textbook for both UG and PG level of traditional universities, agricultural universi
Author: Mary E. White
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
Keywords: planet, living, microbes, alive, earth
Number of Pages: 219
Published: 2003-05
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 187705805X
ISBN-13: 9781877058059
The essential role of microbes in maintaining the living earth, which they did alone for the first half of the time since life began, did not cease or diminish with the coming of visible living organisms and life-as-we-know-it. It continues today, and it has only been recognised recently to just what extent invisible life controls the planet. In our modern world we need to acknowledge the symbiotic nature of the Biosphere, where microbes represent more than half the living matter; the interconnections between all living things and the environment; and the dangers of not taking into account the
Authors:Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewi,
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: food, web, soil, guide, microbes, gardener, teaming
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2006-07-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0881927775
ISBN-13: 9780881927771
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life - not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and thus become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artificial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web - the complex world of soil-d
Authors:Benjamin S. Weeks, I. Edward Alcamo,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: topics, biology, bartlett, jones, society, second, microbes
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2007-10-17
List price: $112.95
ISBN-10: 0763746495
ISBN-13: 9780763746490
Microbes and Society, Second Edition is designed for liberal arts students as a foundation course in life science. This timely text takes readers on an extended tour of the microbial world emphasizing the remarkable variety among microbes and their role in our everyday lives. It explores such topics as the function of microbes in ecology and the environment, the use of microbes in biotechnology, the role of microbes in food production, as well as coverage of bioterrorism, antibiotic resistance, and microbial diseases. Students will be engaged with the authors’ lively presentation of m
