Power unseen : how microbes rule the world / Bernard Dixon.
Microbes - tiny, unseen bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa - pervade every aspect of human society and of the natural world. They provide all of our daily food; they were the original source of the world's abundant oil supplies; their presence in soil is essential to the existence of life it...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Part 1. The makers: microbes that shaped our world. The primordial cell -- where it all began ; Botryococcus braunii -- where did the oil come from? ; Yersinia pestis -- agent of the Black Death ; Phytophthora infestans -- the making of a US president ; Rickettsia prowazekii -- Napoleon's ambitions thwarted ; Rabies virus -- luck and the advent of vaccination ; Penicillium notatum -- launching the antibiotic revolution ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- the literary microbe ; Clostridium acetobutylicum -- creator of Israel ; Aspergillus niger -- ending an Italian monopoly ; Yellow fever virus -- Nobel prizes missed and won ; Neurospora crassa -- maker of molecular biology ; Smallpox virus -- an extinction to be welcomed? ; Bacillus anthracis -- Churchill's biological weapon? ; Micrococcus sedentarius -- toes, socks and smells -- Part 2. The deceivers: microbes that sprang surprises. Haloarcula -- microbes really can be square ; Clostridium tetani -- the infection that finised St. Kilda ; Serratia marcesens -- miracle worker of Easter ; Proteus 0X19 -- the bacterium that fooled the Nazis ; Borrelia burgdorferi -- the deceptive emergence of Lyme disease ; The nitrifiers -- monuments vandalised from within ; Brucella melitensis -- peril in the beauty parlour ; PCB degraders -- mighty microscavengers ; Swine flu virus -- a nation in panic ; Bugs in books -- hazards of bibliophilia ; Salmonella typhimurium -- lessons in laboratory safety ; Staphylococci -- the skin flake bugs ; Trichoderma -- a fungus that lives on nothing ; Legionella pneumophila -- an opportunist comes out of hiding ; Legionella pneumophila -- and sick building syndrome. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part 3. The destroyers: microbes that still threaten us. Vibrio cholerae -- the second pandemic ; Vibrio cholerae -- the seventh pandemic ; Corynebacterium diptheriae -- why immunization remains essential ; Haemophilus influenzae -- the bug that doesn't cause flu ; Plasmodium -- and the sweats of malaria ; Desulfovibrio and Hormoconis -- spoilers ; Salmonella typhi -- and a crippled cousin ; Salmonella typhi -- Typhoid Mary lives ; Salmonella typhimurium -- and deceptive wholesomeness ; Salmonella enteritidis -- a matter of resignation ; Salmonella agona -- why temperature is important ; Campylobacter jejuni -- another food poisoner ; Pediococcus damnosus -- the ruination of wine ; Human immunodeficiency virus -- the horror of AIDS ; The cat-scratch bacillus -- take your choice -- Part 4. The supporters: microbes on whom we depend. The nitrogen fixers -- nourishing the soil ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- the secret of bread, wine and beer ; Penicillium camemberti -- the gourmet's friend ; Antibiotic producers -- defeating disease ; Bacteroides succinogenes and Ruminococcus albus -- rumen slaves ; The intestinal flora -- flatus could be worse ; Hydrogen movers -- the global cleansers ; Microbial consortia -- the sewage disposers ; Microbial consortia -- the oil gobblers ; Escherichia coli -- the genetic engineer ; Ashbya gossypii -- the vitamin manufacturer ; Fusarium graminearum -- microfungus at the dinner table -- Rhizus arrhizus -- steroid transformer ; Enzyme makers -- washing whiter ; Clostridium botulintum -- a deadly poison prevents blindness. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Part 5. The artisans: microbes to shape our future. Lactobacillus -- using one bug to thwart another ; Rhodoccus chlorphenolicus -- cleansing the environment ; Vaccinia virus ; an universal protective? ; Alcaligenes eutrophus -- the plastic maker ; Bacteriophage -- a smart alternative to antibiotics? ; Crinalium epipsammum -- arresting coastal erosion ; Enterobacter agglomerans -- food preserver ; Photobacterium phosphoreum -- the environmental monitor ; Herpes virus -- tracing the nervous system ; Anthrobacter globoformis -- low-temperature biotechnology ; Trichoderma -- green pest control? ; Escherichia coli -- antibodies made to order ; L-forms -- workhorses of tomorrow? ; Methylosinus trichosporium -- protecting the ozone layer ; Synechococcus -- preventing global warming. | |
| 520 | |a Microbes - tiny, unseen bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa - pervade every aspect of human society and of the natural world. They provide all of our daily food; they were the original source of the world's abundant oil supplies; their presence in soil is essential to the existence of life itself. They also cause horrendous epidemics, from the plague and smallpox of past centuries to the continuing pandemics of cholera and today's growing AIDS crisis. Microbes have vanquished armies swinging great military campaigns even more effectively than the strategies of generals or the machinations of politicians; they now provide life-saving antibiotics and other benefits of modern biotechnology. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a Power Unseen portrays the many, diverse and often unexpected activities of microbes through a series of 75 vignettes, each focusing on one particular organism and its characteristic behaviour. Here, then, is a portrait gallery illustrating microbial life in its astonishing diversity. Microbes have influenced history and they are helping to shape our future. They are still springing surprises, and they continue to threaten us; yet we could not exist without them. In this fascinating and entertaining book, Bernard Dixon leaves the reader in no doubt that microbes, not macrobes, rule the world. | |
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