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Slayers, Saviors, Servants and Sex
David Moore
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Description for Slayers, Saviors, Servants and Sex
Paperback. A guide to the fungal kingdom. It explores their role in food and agriculture and their dual role as infectious agents and providers of the most potent antibiotics. It also explores their evolutionary origins and shows us how life would not be possible without them. It is suitable for those who are interested in biology and the natural world. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 353.
This is a book for the general reader about the world of fungi. We should know more about fungi. They have killed us, saved us and served us since before written records began. We have been making bread, brewing ale, and fermenting wine for millennia. Our crops have been at the mercy of fungal diseases since we became farmers, and they still are. Fungal diseases have caused large demographic changes - from the great plague of 'St. Anthony's Fire' of the Middle Ages (caused by a fungal toxin) to the Irish mass migration to the Americas during the famine (caused ... Read more
This is a book for the general reader about the world of fungi. We should know more about fungi. They have killed us, saved us and served us since before written records began. We have been making bread, brewing ale, and fermenting wine for millennia. Our crops have been at the mercy of fungal diseases since we became farmers, and they still are. Fungal diseases have caused large demographic changes - from the great plague of 'St. Anthony's Fire' of the Middle Ages (caused by a fungal toxin) to the Irish mass migration to the Americas during the famine (caused ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387950983
SKU
V9780387950983
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99-15
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