March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen 4.5 StarsThis is a nicely written, fascinatingly informative book about microbe watching and how microbes function to produce the effects we see. Includes such things as the methane gas in smelly ponds, why ocean fish smell when they go bad, the production of wine, why yeast is included in bread, colourful microbe effects, various symbiotic relations, carbon/nitrogen/sulphur cycles, extremophiles, salt manufacture, ergotism, mushroom rings, and all sorts of other bacteria, fungi and viruses.NOTE: Minus a 1/2 star for not including the biochemical/ chemical formulae, for no colour/ B&W photographs of these fascinating microbes and for not including references.
