Overview
- First book devoted to the topics of paleomicrobiology, an emerging field of research at the cross-point of microbiology, history and anthropology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Techniques and Methods
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Ancient Microorganisms Bacteria
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Viruses
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Parasites
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Back Matter
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About this book
"Paleomicrobiology – Past Human Infections" features the methods and main achievements in this emerging field of research at the intersection of microbiology and evolution, history and anthropology. New molecular approaches have already provided exciting results, such as confirmation of a single biotype of Yersinia pestis as the causative agent of historical plague pandemics, and the closer proximity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from ancient skeletons to modern strains than to Mycobacterium bovis, shedding new light on the evolution of major human pathogens and pathogen–population relationships. Firm microbiological diagnoses also provide historians and anthropologists with new data on which to base evaluation of past epidemics.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This collection of reviews will appeal to all with an interest as to how microbes have shaped the development of present-day societies. … the authors provide a balanced overview relating case descriptions of the time to more objective findings. … This is a book for browsing and gives cause to reflect on the critical role of microbes in determining the course of western civilization." (Colin Howard, Microbiology Today, July, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Paleomicrobiology
Book Subtitle: Past Human Infections
Editors: Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75855-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75854-9Published: 29 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09501-6Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75855-6Published: 24 January 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 226
Topics: Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Anthropology, Archaeology