Understanding microbes :
Dale, Jeremy
Understanding microbes : an introduction to a small world / Jeremy W. Dale, University of Surrey, UK. - x, 230 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references ( page 215) and index.
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to this 'small world', a world which, although we don't realize it, is dominated by microbes-- We can't see them, but microbes are the dominant form of life on Earth. They make up half of the world's biomass. They were here billions of years before we were, and they will be here after we are gone. Without their activity, life as we know
1119978793 (pbk.) 1119978807 (hardback) 9781119978794 (paper) 9781119978800 (hardback)
2012032317
Microbiology--Textbooks.
Microorganisms--Textbooks.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology.
QR41.2 / .D35 2013
579
Understanding microbes : an introduction to a small world / Jeremy W. Dale, University of Surrey, UK. - x, 230 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references ( page 215) and index.
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to this 'small world', a world which, although we don't realize it, is dominated by microbes-- We can't see them, but microbes are the dominant form of life on Earth. They make up half of the world's biomass. They were here billions of years before we were, and they will be here after we are gone. Without their activity, life as we know
1119978793 (pbk.) 1119978807 (hardback) 9781119978794 (paper) 9781119978800 (hardback)
2012032317
Microbiology--Textbooks.
Microorganisms--Textbooks.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology.
QR41.2 / .D35 2013
579