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Biology is a fascinating discipline and one of the Oldest scientific subjects. Fascination with the living world is deeply ingrained in the human psyche - we do depends on the knowledge and understanding of --other organisms for our survival. HOWEVER, for MOST of the human history the systematic study of biology Almost Exclusively Focused on macroscopic organism. Only with the invention of the microscope Were We ble to study the tiniest organism - the unicellular organism That predominate the Biosphere.

This short book covers all of the Known microorganism in a more or systematic way - bacteria, archaea, unicellular eukaryotes, and it goes Briefly Even over the viruses. (There are very good A Few Very Short Introduction books That cover Reviews some of biological entities Those In Their Own right.) The book Gives You a remarkable amount of information about microbiology for icts size. It covers the Evolution of microorganisms, and Their biochemistry. Unsurprisingly, it Gives a lot of space due to various diseases That microorganisms, Especially in humans. Historically This Was the primary motivation for studying the microorganisms, and its still a very relevant medical issues. Unfortunately, HOWEVER, It has biased us to think of all microorganisms as harmful. The vast majorité Either of Them are neutral or beneficial. Human body in terms of the sheer number of microbial cells is more than multicellular. Our guts alone are incredible year microbiological ecosystems, and we are only now starting to Understand How Many of Them affect our well being.

One of the issues That I-have with this book Is That it is pretty dense in terms of concepts and jargon That It covers. The writing style and the presentation are very fluid and well organized, goal-have you still a lot of very high-level scientific concepts That might be unfamiliar to readers of this book MOST. If you are willing to be Challenged, though, This Could Be an ideal small book to get you Acquainted with the up-to-date of science and biology lingo.

The book Seems very fresh and up to date with the latest insights and Developments in the field of microbiology. One of the more interesting insights for me Was the recent prevailing theory of the tree of life postulates qui que la Evolved from archaea eukaryotes. THUS, It Seems to upend the three-pronged picture tree of life (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes) That has-been around for Just a few decades. Another interesting thing That I've Learned from this book is vast que la majorité of microorganisms can not be cultured in the lab, and are not very well THUS Studied gold Understood. This puts in perspective the amount of knowledge Abebooks web-have about the natural world.

Unfortunately, this book will not bring you closer to the Any understanding of the ultimate origins of life. This remains an enduring mystery topics, and for ict resolution will require much Likely More Powerful analytical, experimental and computational resources than we-have today.

This is a very interesting and well written book as it's little I would Strongly recommend to anyone interested in biology or science in general.