Microbial Inhabitants of Humans: Their Ecology and Role in Health and Disease

by Michael Wilson and Michael Wilson

Book Overview

Microbial communities (normal indigenous microbiota) inhabit those regions of the human body that are exposed to the external environment, including the skin, eyes, oral cavity and the respiratory, urinary, reproductive and gastrointestinal tracts. Consequently, the key anatomical and physiological characteristics of each body site are described throughout this book to reveal why particular organisms are able to colonize an anatomical region. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521841585
• ISBN13: 9780521841580
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 10.3"