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Pascale C. The New Microbiology: From Microbiomes to CRISPR

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Pascale C. The New Microbiology: From Microbiomes to CRISPR
ASM Press, 2018. — 200 p. — ISBN: 978-1-68367-010-0
Microbiology has undergone radical changes over the past few decades and ushered in an exciting new era in science. Microbes, specifically bacteria, are incredibly diverse: some are associated with disease and many others are essential for health. Bacteria are highly complex life forms able to communicate with each other and form mutually beneficial relationships with organisms they colonize. In plants, humans, and other animals, communities of microbes form biofilms and microbiota that use incredibly sophisticated strategies to influence their environment.
The study of bacterial immune systems has led to a revolution: the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, a precise tool for editing DNA whose usefulness we are just beginning to imagine. Bacteria in both health and disease are at the forefront of global challenges we face today. They evolve to resist the antibiotics used against them, but they can also be used to modify mosquitoes that serve as carriers of diseases like malaria. As we learn about the complex and vitally important intestinal microbiome, it unlocks secrets to good health and potential treatments for problems such as obesity.
New Concepts in Microbiology
Bacteria: Many Friends, Few Enemies
Bacteria: Highly Organized Unicellular Organisms
The RNA Revolution
From the CRISPR Defense System to the CRISPR/Cas9 Method for Modifying Genomes
Antibiotic Resistance
Sociomicrobiology: The Social Lives of Bacteria
Biofilms: When Bacteria Gather Together
How Bacteria Communicate: Chemical Language and Quorum Sensing
When Bacteria Kill Each Other
Human-Animal Symbioses: The Microbiotas
Bacterium-Plant Symbioses: Microbiotas of Plants
Endosymbiotic Relationships
The Biology of Infections
Pathogenic Bacteria, Major Scourges, and New Diseases
The Multiple Strategies of Pathogenic Bacteria
Pathogenic Bacteria in Insects
Plants and Their Pathogenic Bacteria
New Visions in Infection Defense
Bacteria as Tools
Bacteria as Tools for Research
Bacteria: Old and New Health Tools
Bacteria as Environmental Tools
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