Welcome to the microbiome
Subtitle: getting to know the trillions of bacteria and other microbes in, on, and around you
By: Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Contributors: Perkins, Susan L., author; Wynne, Patricia, illustrator
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780300208405
Subjects: Microbiota; Human body; Microbiology; Medical microbiology
Description: "Inspired by an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, explores microbes and their implications 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
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (pages [217]-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is life?; title: What is a microbiome?; title: What is on and around us?; title: What is inside us?; title: What are our defenses?; title: What is "healthy"?