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The hidden half of nature : the microbial roots of life and health / David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: 309 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0393244407
  • 9780393244403
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR111 .M66 2016
NLM classification:
  • QW 4
Contents:
Dead dirt -- Thinking small -- Looking into life -- Better together -- War in the soil -- Underground allies -- Too close to home -- Inner nature -- Invisible enemies -- Feuding saviors -- Personal alchemists -- Tending the garden -- Courting ancient friends -- Cultivating health.
Summary: "Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creatures. [This book] tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut"--Dust jacket flap.
List(s) this item appears in: Nature and Health
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection S596.75 .M66 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800155350
Total holds: 0

Pacific Northwest author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dead dirt -- Thinking small -- Looking into life -- Better together -- War in the soil -- Underground allies -- Too close to home -- Inner nature -- Invisible enemies -- Feuding saviors -- Personal alchemists -- Tending the garden -- Courting ancient friends -- Cultivating health.

"Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health--for people and for plants--depends on Earth's smallest creatures. [This book] tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut"--Dust jacket flap.

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