Welcome to the microbiome : getting to know the trillions of bacteria and other microbes in, on, and around you / Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

Author/creator DeSalle, Rob author.
Other author Perkins, Susan L., author.
Other author Wynne, Patricia illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents What is life? -- What is a microbiome? -- What is on and around us? -- What is inside us? -- What are our defenses? -- What is "healthy"?
General note"This book has been inspired by an exhibition, The Secret World Inside You: The Microbiome, at the American Museum of Natural History, which will open in New York in early November 2015 and run until August 2016. It will then travel to other museums in the United States and abroad."--Dust jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references (pages 217-232) and index.
ISBN9780300208405 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0300208405 hardcover alkaline paper

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QR171 .A1 D47 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold