Big fleas have little fleas : how discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science...
Big fleas have little fleas : how discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science...
Big fleas have little fleas : how discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science / Elizabeth W. Davidson.
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006.
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N592/46
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Pasteur, silkworms, and the germ theory of disease -- 2. Of caterpillars and crystals : bacterial toxins as insecticides -- 3. Out of Africa : bacteria against mosquitoes and blackflies -- 4. The virus that cures : the baculovirus gene expression system -- 5. Scourge of the South Pacific : the rh...
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
Arizona
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"In this book, Elizabeth Davidson shares amazing stories about diseases of insects and other invertebrates important to people - and about the scientists who learned to use those diseases to control pests and create products beneficial to humans. Focusing on insect-microbial interactions crucial to public health, she tells detective stories ranging...
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Big fleas have little fleas : how discoveries of invertebrate diseases are advancing modern science / Elizabeth W. Davidson.
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Includes bibliographical ref and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.
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Also available on the internet.
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c2006.
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N592/46
Record Identifier
74VKJXolr50X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJXolr50X
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ISBN
0816525447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780816526123 (hc : alk. paper)
0816526125 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816525447 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
592
MMS ID
991022202609702626
