This beautiful article in the New Yor Times () describes how we are finally realizing that microbes transform and sculpt the planet. The article describes how 2.5 billion years ago cyanobacteria produced oxygen to create the atmosphere and the blue colour of the sky, and how microbes have been living, isolated for billions of years, deep below the surface of the planet, breaking rocks instead of oxygen and...
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Venter J. Craig. - Belknap Pr (7 August 2023) “Will undoubtedly shape our understanding of the global ecosystem for decades to come.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies. A celebrated genome scientist sails around the world, collecting tens of millions of marine microbes and revolutionizing our understanding of the microbiome that sustains us. Upon completing his historic wo...
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Chimileski S. - World Hardcover. Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; Illustrated edition (September 25, 2017). Microbes create medicines, filter waste water, and clean pollution. They give cheese funky flavours, wines complex aromas, and bread a nutty crumb. Life at the Edge of Sight is a stunning visual exploration of the inhabitants of an invisible world, from the pioneering findings o...
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Blaser M. -. Henry Holt & Co (8 April 2014) This engaging book on the importance of the microbiome in human health weaves the personal and professional experiences of its author, Dr Martin Blaser, into a thought-provoking commentary on the perils of inappropriate antimicrobial drug use. In 16 chapters, Blaser, director of the New York University Human Microbiome Program, builds a case for recognizing the i...
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