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
Microbiology: An Introduction
Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple
Prescott/Harley/Klein's Microbiology
Microbiology
The Ghost Map
The Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonSpillover by David QuammenThe Living Medicine by Lina Zeldovich10% Human by Alanna CollenMissing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser
Best Books about Microbiology
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I Contain Multitudes by Ed YongThe Coming Plague by Laurie GarrettThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonMarch of the Microbes by IngrahamThe Living Medicine by Lina Zeldovich
Microbiology
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Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
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Ed Yong
It’s the start of a new era, when people are finally ready to embrace the microbial world. When I walked through San Diego Zoo with Rob Knight at the start of this book, I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind. Every visitor, keeper, and animal looked like a world on legs – a mobile ecosystem that interacted with others, largely oblivious to their inner multitudes. When I drive through Chicago with Jack Gilbert, I experience the same dizzying shift in perspective. ...more
Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

Microbiology teaches us that size is no measure of significance; even the smallest microbe can wield immense power. Microbes are the silent warriors; these tiniest beings possess the strength to spark a revolution that can have monumental impacts in the world of science.
Aloo Denish

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