The Universe of Bacteria
Contents
In natural history: An invisible world ♦ Bacteria, witness to evolution ♦ Bacteria, driving force of evolution ♦ Bacteria in the tree of life .
Recent typing: Archaebacteria ♦ Eubacteria ♦ Cell identity ♦ Identifying bacteria.
Parts: Outer shell ♦ Internal structural elements ♦ Genetic material ♦ Supplementary external parts ♦ Genetic language.
Vital functions: From genes to proteins ♦ Genetic adaptability ♦ Biological energy ♦ Range of comforts ♦ Eat to live ♦ In numbers and records ♦ With and without oxygen ♦ Increase by multiplying ♦ Adapt to survive .
Directed movement: Knowing how to move ♦ Intentional movement.
Multiple forms of communication: Genetic communication ♦ Intelligent communication ♦ Communal life ♦ Mutually beneficial associations.
Actions and consequences: Pathogens’ power ♦ Hosts’ natural defences ♦ Bacteria’s natural resistance ♦ Some famous names ♦ Emerging and reemerging diseases ♦ Status of bacteria ♦ Bacteria in industry ♦ Bacteria in soil ♦ Bacterial weapons.
Permanent evolution: Man as a carrier of bacteria ♦ Bacteria in human history ♦ Future of bacteria ♦ Bacteria on Earth ♦ Enter into « bacterreality » ♦ Journey of life ♦ Artistic bacteria
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