The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
A riveting exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselvesand could revolutionize agriculture and medicine. Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good healthfor people and for plantsdepends on Earths smallest creatures.The Hidden Half of Nature tells the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut. When David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé decide to restore life into their barren yard by creating a garden, dead dirt threatens their dream. As a cure, they feed their soil a steady diet of organic matter. The results impress them. In short order, the much-maligned microbes transform their bleak yard into a flourishing Eden. Beneath their feet, beneficial microbes and plant roots continuously exchange a vast array of essential compounds. The authors soon learn that this miniaturized commerce is central to botanical lifes master strategy for defense and health. They are abruptly plunged further into investigating microbes when Biklé is diagnosed with cancer. Here, they discover an unsettling truth. An armada of bacteria (our microbiome) sails the seas of our gut, enabling our immune system to sort microbial friends from foes. But when our gut microbiome goes awry, our health can go with it. The authors also discover startling insights into the similarities between plant roots and the human gut. We are not what we eat. We are allfor better or worsethe product of what our microbes eat. This leads to a radical reconceptualization of our relationship to the natural world: by cultivating beneficial microbes, we can rebuild soil fertility and help turn back the modern plague of chronic diseases.The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how to transform agriculture and medicineby merging the mind of an ecologist with the care of a gardener and the skill of a doctor.
yazar | David R. Montgomery |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 16,5 x 1,6 x 14 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 12 Nisan 2016 |
Mdpi AG 29 Ekim 2011 18,9 x 0,4 x 24,6 cm ROBERT H BORK 18,9 x 0,5 x 24,6 cm WADE H MCCREE Kolektif 28 Şubat 2018 18,9 x 0,3 x 24,6 cm 1 Ocak 2017 18,9 x 0,6 x 24,6 cm 18,9 x 0,2 x 24,6 cm 28 Ekim 2011 30 Ekim 2011 Additional Contributors 3 Ocak 2017 ERWIN N GRISWOLD 15 x 0,5 x 22 cm
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Sürüm ayrıntıları
yazar | David R. Montgomery Anne Bikle L. J. Ganser |
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isbn 10 | 1511392207 |
isbn 13 | 978-1511392204 |
Yayımcı | Audible Studios on Brilliance; Unabridged. baskı |
Dilim | İngilizce |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 16,5 x 1,6 x 14 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health | 12 Nisan 2016 |
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