Microbiology


I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
The Demon in the Freezer
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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Microbiology
 
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Pelczar
A Planet of Viruses
Brock Biology of Microorganisms
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Microbiology
The Ghost Map
Microbiology
Microbiology: An Introduction
Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
Prescott/Harley/Klein's Microbiology
Robin Sloan
It was a fungal party hellscape.
Robin Sloan, Sourdough

Jeff Lowenfels
Few realize that a great deal of the energy that results from photosyntheisis in the leaves is actually used by plants to produce chemicals they secrete through their roots. These secretions are known as exudates. [...] Root exudates are in the form of carbohydrates (including sugars) and proteins. Amazingly, their presence wakes up, attracts and grows specific beneficial bacteria and fungi living in the soil that subsist on these exudates and the cellular material sloughed off as the plant's r ...more
Jeff Lowenfels, Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

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