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] | Wynne, Patricia [illustrator].
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300208405.Other title: Microbiome.Subject(s): Microbiota | Human body -- Microbiology | Medical microbiologyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QR74.8 .D47 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005460 |
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"This book has been inspired by an exhibition, The Secret World Inside You: The Microbiome, at the American Museum of Natural History, which will open in New York in early November 2015 and run until August 2016. It will then travel to other museums in the United States and abroad."--Dust jacket
Includes bibliographic references (pages 217-232) and index
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." -- dust jacket