The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health - Rilegato

Montgomery, David R.; Bikl, Anne

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ISBN 10: 0393244407 ISBN 13: 9780393244403

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2015

Riassunto

The Hidden Half of NatureWhen David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé decide to restore life into their barren yard by creating a garden, dead dirt threatens their dream. As a cure, they feed their soil a steady diet of organic matter. The results impress them. In short order, the much-maligned microbes transform their bleak yard into a flourishing Eden. Beneath their feet, beneficial microbes and plant roots continuously exchange a vast array of essential compounds. The authors soon learn that this miniaturized commerce is central to botanical life’s master strategy for defense and health.They are abruptly plunged further into investigating microbes when Biklé is diagnosed with cancer. Here, they discover an unsettling truth. An armada of bacteria (our microbiome) sails the seas of our gut, enabling our immune system to sort microbial friends from foes. But when our gut microbiome goes awry, our health can go with it. The authors also discover startling insights into the similarities between plant roots and the human gut. We are not what we eat. We are all—for better or worse—the product of what our microbes eat.The Hidden Half of Nature

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Informazioni sull'autore

David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and two other award-winning popular science books. Anne Bikle is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public health. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393244407
• ISBN 13: 9780393244403
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 309
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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