02174nam a22003377i 4500 176865 176865 OSt 20200311115427.0 200311t20182018enka e 001 0 eng d 9781844039739 RM79.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 612.001579 612.001579 TEM G Temple, Nicola, author. MEET YOUR BACTERIA / NICOLA TEMPLE & CATHERINE WHITLOCK ; FOREWORD BY Professor Glenn Gibson ; Edited and designed by JMS Books LLP & Wayne Blades ; Illustrations by Tonwen Jones Meet your bacteria : introducing the hidden communities London : Cassell, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, 2018 ©2018 192 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Includes bibliographical references and index. Meet Your Bacteria introduces you to all of your tiny tenants, and reveals the fascinating inner workings of your body, and the importance of these usually helpful (but sometimes harmful) microbes. Highly topical and accessible, this book: - Explores the different bacteria that live on and in various parts of your body (not just in the gut) - Explains what they do, and why some are beneficial and some harmful - Offers practical advice for promoting the good and inhibiting the bad bacteria - Examines the latest thinking on good and bad dirt, and the links between bacteria and disease Including in-depth profiles on each of the most important families of bacteria living in the human body, and helpful advice on how you can look after your own health through greater knowledge of your microbial friends, this is a wide-ranging introduction to the secret world inside your own body. Human body Microbiology Bacteria Whitlock, Catherine, author. Gibson, Glenn, Professor., writer of foreword. Jones, Tonwen illustrator. JMS Books LLP & Wayne Blades, Edited and designed. ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2020-05-31 2 2 612.001579 TEM A01640540 2024-02-24 09:37:52 2024-01-18 B