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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

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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