Welcome to the microbiome : getting to know the trillions of bacteria and other microbes in, on, and around you / Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

By:

DeSalle, Rob [author.]

Contributor(s):

Perkins, Susan L [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Haven (Conn.) ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300216325
0300216327

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

579.3 23

LOC classification:

QR74.8 .D47 2015ab

NLM classification:

2015 L-137
QW 4

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

What is life? -- What is a microbiome? -- What is on and around us? -- What is inside us? -- What are our defenses? -- What is "healthy"?

Summary: Inspired by an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, explores microbes and their implications for modern science and medicine.Summary: "This intriguing up-to-the-minute book for scientists and non-scientists alike explains what researchers are discovering about the microbe world and what the implications are for modern science and medicine. DeSalle and Perkins illuminate the long, intertwined evolution of humans and microbes. They discuss how novel DNA sequencing has shed entirely new light on the complexity of microbe-human interactions, and they examine the potential benefits to human health: amazing possibilities for pinpoint treatment of infections and other illnesses without upsetting the vital balance of an individual microbiome."-- Provided by publisher.

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What is life? -- What is a microbiome? -- What is on and around us? -- What is inside us? -- What are our defenses? -- What is "healthy"?

Inspired by an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, explores microbes and their implications for modern science and medicine.

"This intriguing up-to-the-minute book for scientists and non-scientists alike explains what researchers are discovering about the microbe world and what the implications are for modern science and medicine. DeSalle and Perkins illuminate the long, intertwined evolution of humans and microbes. They discuss how novel DNA sequencing has shed entirely new light on the complexity of microbe-human interactions, and they examine the potential benefits to human health: amazing possibilities for pinpoint treatment of infections and other illnesses without upsetting the vital balance of an individual microbiome."-- Provided by publisher.

English.

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