Microbiology / designed and created by Basher ; text written by Dan Green.
Material type: TextSeries: Basher sciencePublisher: New York, NY : Kingfisher Books, [2015]Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 19 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0753471949
- 0753471957
- 9780753471944
- 9780753471951
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 579 G795 | Available | 33111008189173 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 579 G795 | Available | 33111008017077 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This latest book from the Basher Science series investigates the unseen world of microbes. Basher's distinctive style presents key microbes as characters with their own voice and personality. Microbiology investigates the "teensy tykes" such as algae and bacteria that are all around us in the living world, as well as a range of so-called "minibeasts", but these are not the usual creepy-crawlies that you might think of. These near-invisible creatures range from the zooplankton "good guys" to the unpleasant tapeworm and fluke. Yuk!
Microbiology explains the different building blocks of the human body, as well as the nasty bugs that can make us so ill, whether it's catching a common cold or something much more deadly such as tuberculosis, the second biggest killer in the modern world.
Contains one fold-out poster.
Includes index.
Microbugs -- Bacteria basics -- Body battlers -- Micro meanies -- Hardcore herd -- Bug buddies.
"Do you know your parasites from protists? How fast does plasmodial slime move? What's living inside your pot of yogurt? From minibeasts to macrophages, this book zooms in on the tiny and near-invisible microbes that make up the building blocks of life."--Back cover.