Toxin : the cunning of bacterial poisons
Lax, Alistair J.,
Toxin : the cunning of bacterial poisons - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 192 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-189) and index.
Toxins are everywhere : how toxins affected history -- The germ of an idea : a gradual acceleration up to the mid-1850s -- The golden age of microbiology : Pasteur, Koch, and the birth of the toxin concept -- The anatomy of diphtheria : taming the deadly scourge of childhood -- Understanding : all toxins fit into three basic mechanisms -- Why are plague and typhoid so deadly? : a further layer of cunning -- Deviant biology : weapons, espionage, and man's innate inhumanity -- A more optimistic outcome : from poison to cure and the cell biologist's toolkit -- Where is toxinology going now? : is there anything new out there?
0198605587 (alk. paper) 9780198605584 (alk. paper)
2005019702
101252097 DNLM
Toxins
Bacterialology
QP632.B3 / L39 2005
QW 630 L45t 2005
2005 N-626 QW 11.1 / L425t 2005
Toxin : the cunning of bacterial poisons - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 192 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-189) and index.
Toxins are everywhere : how toxins affected history -- The germ of an idea : a gradual acceleration up to the mid-1850s -- The golden age of microbiology : Pasteur, Koch, and the birth of the toxin concept -- The anatomy of diphtheria : taming the deadly scourge of childhood -- Understanding : all toxins fit into three basic mechanisms -- Why are plague and typhoid so deadly? : a further layer of cunning -- Deviant biology : weapons, espionage, and man's innate inhumanity -- A more optimistic outcome : from poison to cure and the cell biologist's toolkit -- Where is toxinology going now? : is there anything new out there?
0198605587 (alk. paper) 9780198605584 (alk. paper)
2005019702
101252097 DNLM
Toxins
Bacterialology
QP632.B3 / L39 2005
QW 630 L45t 2005
2005 N-626 QW 11.1 / L425t 2005