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Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)
Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)
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  • Considers the important role of bacteria in the environment and its role in human civilisation
  • Explores the origins and evolution of bacteria over time
  • Looks at various types of bacteria and disease, and our efforts to manage bacteria
  • Examines the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and humans

New to this Edition:

  • A new chapter on 'Microbiota and Microbiome in Man' examines the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and humans
  • Outlines the role of rapid bacterial diagnosis in controlling antibiotic resistance

    
Bacteria form a fundamental branch of life. They are the oldest forms of life as we know it, and they are still the most prolific living organisms. They inhabit every part of the Earth's surface, its ocean depths, and even terrains such as boiling hot springs. They are most familiar as agents of disease, but benign bacteria are critical to the recycling of elements and all ecology, as well as to human health.
    
In this Very Short Introduction, Sebastian G. B. Amyes explores the nature of bacteria, their origin and evolution, bacteria in the environment, and bacteria and disease. In this new edition, he examines the ethical implications of synthetic bacteria, the evolving technologies used to combat antibiotics resistance, and the role bacteria play in the evolutionary development of humans.

Index: 

Preface
1:Origins
2:Evolution
3:Microbiota and microbiome in man
4:Discovery
5:Environment and civilization
6:Bacterial pathogenesis
7:Antibiotics
8:Antibiotic resistance
9:The future
Further reading
Index

About the author: 

Sebastian G. B. Amyes is Professor Emeritus of Microbial Chemotherapy at Edinburgh University, and author of many research publications as well as the books Antibacterial Chemotherapy (2010), and Magic Bullets: Lost Horizons (2001).

Product details

ISBN : 9780192895240

Author: 
Sebastian G. B. Amyes
Pages
168 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
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Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)

Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)

Bacteria: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)