| Description |
xiv, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. |
| Contents |
Pasteur, silkworms, and the germ theory of disease -- Of caterpillars and crystals : bacterial toxins as insecticides -- Out of Africa : bacteria against mosquitoes and blackflies -- The virus that cures : the baculovirus gene expression system -- Scourge of the South Pacific : the rhinoceros beetle -- Bug against bug : invertebrate antibiotics -- Saved by a crab : Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay -- Sea sickness : diseases of edible shellfish -- Deadly hitchhikers : crustaceans and cholera -- Cloak and dagger : nematodes aginst insect pests -- Bad news for the good guys : diseases and parasites of bees -- The mysterious reappearing fungus : gypsy moth pathogen -- The sixth plague of Egypt : fungus and the desert locust -- Ad infinitum : insect symbiotic organisms -- Postscript : landmarks that tie our stories together. |
| Subject |
Invertebrates -- Diseases.
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Invertebrates -- Diseases. |
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Invertebrates. |
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Pathogenic microorganisms.
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Pathogenic microorganisms. |
| ISBN |
0816525447 paperback alkaline paper |
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0816526125 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816526123 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816525447 paperback alkaline paper |
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