Fundamentals of Microbiome Science: How Microbes Shape Animal Biology

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An essential introduction to microbiome science, a new cutting-edge discipline that is transforming the life sciences This book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the fundamental principles of microbiome science, an exciting and fast-emerging new discipline that is reshaping many aspects of the life sciences. Resident microbes in

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"Douglas has an encyclopedic knowledge of microbial systems, their ecology, and their metabolic functions with which she explains complex physiological mechanisms and identifies important research gaps. . . . Overall, reading this book is a most satisfying intellectual feast."---Fernando Vega, Science
"[Provides] an excellent and comprehensive account of microbiome science that will be valuable to both experts and students in the field."---Martin Kaltenpoth, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Angela E. Douglas is the Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at Cornell University. Her books include The Symbiotic Habit (Princeton) and Symbiotic Interactions.