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The Hidden Half of Nature the Microbial Roots of Life and Health Author: David R. Montgomery

ISBN: 9780393353372 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 320 Published: 15 November 2016 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 20.9 x 14.1 x 2.0 Description: Prepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health-for people and for plants-depends on Earth's 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 Bikle 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 life's master strategy for defense and health.They are abruptly plunged further into investigating microbes when Bikle 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 gu...

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