The curious world of bacteria
Book - 2022
"Bacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstood--and incredibly interesting--microbes. In this engagingly written and scientifically rigorous book, author and scientist Ludger Wess introduces an eclectic collection of impressive, useful, weird, and dangerous bacterial species. Wess reveals everything he knows about bacteria, including their ability to survive almost anywhere, to "sleep" for millions of years before becoming active again, to maintain their own immune systems (a discovery that has led to medical breakthroughs for humans), and to--hypothetically--live on other pla...nets. In part two, Wess moves on to his curious compendium of bacterial species, presenting fifty fascinating portraits grouped by useful categories: bacteria that are record holders, extreme-habitat dwellers, unusual consumers, people-helpers, and people-harmers. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations accompany each portrait. At the end of this engrossing read, Wess recognizes how much we still don't know about bacteria. But by starting here, we can come closer to understanding the first life on Earth."--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Informational works
- Published
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Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London :
Greystone Books
2022
- Language
- English
German - Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Item Description
- Originally published in German as Winzig, zäh und zahlreich : ein bakterienatlas, copyright ©2020.
- Physical Description
- xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781771648257
- Preface
- Introduction
- Record Holders
- Thiomargarita namibiensis
- Eubostrichus dianeae epibacterium
- Pelagibacter ubique
- Nasuia deltocephalinicola
- Minicystis rosea
- JCVI-syn3.0
- Lysinibacillus sphaericus
- Extremists
- Colwellia psychrerythraea
- Methanopyrus kandleri
- Paenibacillus xerothermodurans
- Picrophilus torridus
- Alkaliphilus transvaalensis
- Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2
- Janibacter hoylei
- Halobacterium salinarum
- Constrictibacter antarcticus
- Cupriavidus metallidurans
- Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum
- Desulforudis audaxviator
- Chromulinavorax destructans
- Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
- Occupiers of Technological Habitats
- Deinococcus radiodurans
- Dehalococcoides mccartyi
- Alcanivorax borkumensis
- Ideonella sakaiensis
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Tersicoccus phoenicis
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Exotic Eaters
- Shewanella oneidensis
- Candidatus Eremiobacter / Candidatus Dormibacter
- Geobacter sulfurreducens
- Ralstonia syzygii
- Helpful Bacteria
- Lactococcus lactis
- Acetobacter aceti
- Propionibacterium freudenreichii
- Bradyrhizobium japonicum
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Bacillus cohnii
- Cytophaga hutchinsonii
- Clostridium autoethanogenum
- Dangerous Bacteria
- Bacillus anthracis
- Yersinia pestis
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Legionella pneumophila
- Helicobacter pylori
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Serratia marcescens
- Escherichia coli
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Resources
- Index