Contains color magnifications of different types of bacteria, and provides information about what bacteria is, how it forms and thrives, and its importance to the planet.
Describes the characteristics, functions, and kinds of bacteria, how some keep us healthy and others make us sick, and research done by scientists in using bacteria to improve the quality of human life.
Traces the developing knowledge about germs from the first sighting of them under a primitive microscope to modern medicine's new methods of combating them.
Traces the history of man's study of bacteria, and discusses what is currently known about bacteria, viruses, and innoculations against specific diseasecausing germs.