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Microbes

by Phillip K. Peterson & Michael T., Osterholm

This is the only book that tells both sides of the story of germs: that they are critically important for our health and that the dangers of emerging pathogens continue to wreak havoc in our bodies and around...

The Model Legume Medicago truncatula

by Frans J. de Bruijn

Fully covers the biology, biochemistry, genetics, and genomics of Medicago truncatula

Model plant species are valuable not only because they lead to discoveries in basic biology, but also because they provide...

The Microbes Fight Back

by Laura Bowater

Antibiotics are familiar drugs to us all, so familiar that we may take them for granted. They allow us to survive life-threatening infections, and allow us to protect the animals we farm for food. Many antibiotics...

A Guide to Cyanobacteria

by Mark A. Nienaber & Miriam Steinitz-Kannan

Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) and the toxins they can produce pose serious economic, environmental, and public health problems worldwide. Much of the scientific and public interest in these...

Stress and Environmental Regulation of Gene Expression and Adaptation in Bacteria, 2 Volume Set

by Frans J. de Bruijn

Bacteria in various habitats are subject to continuously changing environmental conditions, such as nutrient deprivation, heat and cold stress, UV radiation, oxidative stress, dessication, acid stress, nitrosative...