The Influence of Cooperative Bacteria on Animal Host Biology (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Margaret J.McFall Ngai • Brian Henderson • Edward G. Ruby
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	454
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-83465-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > Bacteriology
LSN:	0-521-83465-1
Barcode:	9780521834650

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