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The new microbiology, from microbiomes to CRISPR, Pascale Cossart, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The new microbiology

bibliography

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Pascale Cossart, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

from microbiomes to CRISPR

Microbiology has undergone radical changes over the past few decades, ushering in an exciting new era in science. In The New Microbiology, Pascale Cossart tells a splendid story about the revolution in microbiology, especially in bacteriology. This story has wide-ranging implications for human health and medicine, agriculture, environmental science, and our understanding of evolution. The revolution results from the powerful tools of molecular and cellular biology, genomics, and bioinformatics, which have yielded amazing discoveries, from entire genome sequences to video of bacteria invading host cells. This book is for both scientists and especially nonscientists who would like to learn more about the extraordinary world of bacteria

Bacteria : many friends, few enemies -- Bacteria : highly organized unicellular organisms -- The RNA revolution -- From the CRISPR defense system to the CRISPR/Cas9 method for modifying genomes -- Antibiotic resistance -- Biofilms : when bacteria gather together -- How bacteria communicate : chemical language and quorum sensing -- When bacteria kill each other -- Human-animal symbioses : the microbiotas -- Bacterium-plant symbioses : microbiotas of plants -- Endosymbiotic relationships -- Pathogenic bacteria, major scourges, and new diseases -- The multiple strategies of pathogenic bacteria -- Pathogenic bacteria in insects -- Plants and their pathogenic bacteria -- New visions in infecction defense -- Bacteria as tools for research -- Bacteria : old and new health tools -- Bacteria as environmental tools