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Allies and enemies : how the world depends on bacteria / Anne E. Maczulak.

By: Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2011.Description: x, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780137015467 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0137015461 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 579.3 22
LOC classification:
  • QR56 .M26 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2010 J-902
  • QW 50
Contents:
Why the world needs bacteria -- Bacteria in history -- Humans defeat germs!? (but not for long) -- Bacteria in popular culture -- An entire industry from a single cell -- The invisible universe -- Climate, bacteria, and a barrel of oil -- Epilogue : how microbiologists grow bacteria.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why the world needs bacteria -- Bacteria in history -- Humans defeat germs!? (but not for long) -- Bacteria in popular culture -- An entire industry from a single cell -- The invisible universe -- Climate, bacteria, and a barrel of oil -- Epilogue : how microbiologists grow bacteria.

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