Discover the world of microbes bacteria, archaea, and viruses - Gottschalk, Gerhard (Weinheim, Germany Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
Extremely small but incredibly active -- bacteria are organisms like you and me -- My name is LUCA -- From the big bang to LUCA -- Ob2s -- Life in boiling water -- Life in the Dead Sea -- Bacteria and archaea are everywhere -- The power of photosynthesis, even in almost complete darkness -- Man and his microbes -- Without bacteria there is no protein -- Napoleon's victory gardens -- Alessandro Volta's and George Washington's combustible air -- Microbes as climate makers -- How a state was founded with the aid of Clostridium acetobutylicum -- Pulque, wine, and biofuel -- Energy conservation from renewable resources -- Cheese and vinegar -- The periodic table of bioelements -- Bacterial sex life -- Bacteria can also catch viruses -- Antibiotics : from microorganisms against microorganisms -- Plasmids and resistances -- Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a genetic engineer par excellence -- Eco R1 and PCR : molecular biology at its finest -- Interbacterial relationships -- From life as a nomad to life as an endosymbiont -- Bacteria as production factories -- Plants, animals, and humans as food resources for bacteria -- Viruses, chemicals causing epidemics? -- The "omics" era -- Incredible microbes -- Study guide.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and indexes.
In English.
Keywords: Microorganisms -- Textbooks; Bacteria -- Textbooks; Archaebacteria -- Textbooks; Viruses -- Textbooks; Bacteria; Archaea; Viruses; Microbiology -- Textbooks