In the Company of Microbes (eBook)

With more than 1,000 posts and 2 million
views, the online Small Things Considered blog has been attracting the
attention of microbiologists for the past decade. Throughout the years, Elio
Schaechter and his team of dedicated bloggers have shared exciting, unexpected,
and unusual stories from the microbial world. Now they have compiled the best
of their work into a single volume. "In the Company of Microbes: Ten
Years of Small Things Considered" is an extraordinary compilation of
carefully selected, wise, amusing, and even profound statements about the
ubiquity and relevance of the microbial world. In the pages of "In the
Company of Microbes" Schaechter, past ASM Presidents, and
distinguished microbiologists from around the globe reflect on personal,
sometimes historic interactions with microbes and unexpected discoveries, with
each individual essay conveying the excitement and sense of surprise that
microbiology holds for them. An inherently fascinating read from beginning to
end, "In the Company of Microbes" is informative,
thought-provoking, and occasionally inspiring, making it unreservedly
recommended for the personal reading lists of academic and non-specialist
general readers with an interest in microbiology. Simply stated, every
community, college, or university library should have a copy of "In the
Company of Microbes" as a integral part of their Microbiological
Studies collection.

-James A. Cox,lang=EN-CA> Editor-in-Chief