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THE INFLUENCE OF COOPERATIVE BACTERIA ON ANIMAL HOST BIOLOGY
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| By: |
Margaret J.McFall Ngai (Editor), Brian Henderson (Editor), Edward G. Ruby (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£120.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521834651 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521834650 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 August, 2005 |
| Series: |
Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology No. 10 |
| Pages: |
454 |
| Description: |
Broad-ranging and cross-disciplinary overview of the evolution and mechanisms of beneficial host-pathogen interactions. |
| Synopsis: |
Ninety percent of the cells in the human body are bacteria, and humans may be host to many thousands of different species of bacteria. These striking statistics are part of a new paradigm in microbiology in which bacteria are no longer viewed as disease-causing killers but more as lifelong partners which are often essential for the survival of their host. This book brings together a group of diverse scientists - evolutionary biologists, immunologists, molecular biologists, microbiologists, pathologists and mathematicians - to discuss the evolution and mechanisms of bacteria-host interactions at all levels of complexity. Chapters deal with the evolution of these interactions over the last 60 years (since the introduction of antibiotics) to a period of 3.8 billion years (since the evolution of single-celled life) and discuss bacterial interactions with multicellular life forms from coral reefs to humans. Researchers and graduate students across the life sciences will find this book of interest. |
| Illustrations: |
58 b/w illus. 13 colour illus. 10 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |