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A unique and fascinating look at the relationship between bacteria and humans, told from the bacteria’s perspective. • Features clever sketches of a variety of microbes that provide information on their internal structure, niches and habitats, physiology, modes of survival, association with human diseases, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, all from the bacterial point of view. • Offers new insights into the activities of this hidden world, where microbes can ultimately protect themselves against virtually any natural or human-invented adversity. • Educates scientists, students and teachers, and the science-interested lay public.

This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Table of Contents Prologue A Time of Wonder Thermotoga maritima The Assembly Begins Moraxella lacunata's Keynote Address Acinetobacter's Keynote Address Session 1: Habits and Niches Legionella's Story Helicobacter's Story Session 2: Bacterial Structure and Function Presentation of Micrococcus luteus: "The Wonders of the Bacterial Structure" Discourse of Enterobacter aerogenes Session 3: Microbial Pathogenesis and Human Infection Stenotrophomonas' Introduction Discourse of Staphylococcus aureus The Oration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa The Oration of Escherichia coli Message of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Message of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Message of Treponema pallidum Session 4: Antimicrobal Mechanisms and Defenses Address of Bacillus JK Address of Enterococcus faecium: Mechanisms of Antibiotic Action and Bacterial Resistance Penicillin-binding proteins--and their alteration Beta-lactams--and beta-lactamases Invasion through outer membranes and porins--and changing the locks Stalling ribosomal assembly--and modifying the ribosomal plant Stalling NDA gyrase--and spinning the wheel Disruption of metabolic pathways--and new detours Closing Comments: Bacillus JK Final General Assembly: the Renaming of Homo sapiens Epilogue Further Reading Index