Planet of microbes
Subtitle: the perils and potential of Earth's essential life forms
By: Ted Anton
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780226353944
Subjects: Popular works; Microorganisms
Description: This book takes readers into the latest discoveries about early microbial life, where findings from the earth's furthest extremes are seeking to reshape the future of our planet and ourselves. As scientists take the next step in applying the lessons of popular and controversial research, the world's tiniest, and sometimes most dangerous, microorganisms are being tapped as allies in achieving better health and sustainable energy, while revealing fundamental clues to the mystery of where we came from--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: Out of the air : searching for life's origin.; title: Lightning in the lab --; title: The instigator --; title: In the hot vents with RNA --; title: Return of the ancient ones --; title: Shooting stars --; title: Turning the tide : seeking better health.; title: Killer membranes : the labs where life is made --; title: Relics of the deep : future from the past --; title: In the garden : microbes, power, and health --; title: Lost city : at the alkaline seeps --; title: Moonlight : symbiosis, the squid, and a new science --; title: Microbes and money : a sustainable future.; title: A universe within : the new microbial medicine --; title: Martian chronicles : killer microbes from outer space --; title: Sustainability : toward a microbe economy --; title: A river runs through it : the hope and hype of microbes.