Understanding microbes : an introduction to a small world / Jeremy W. Dale, University of Surrey, UK.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013Description: x, 230 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1119978793 (pbk.)
- 1119978807 (hardback)
- 9781119978794 (paper)
- 9781119978800 (hardback)
- 579 23
- QR41.2 .D35 2013
- SCI045000
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) Library | QR-41.2-.D35-2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P 2283 |
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-- Provided by publisher.
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