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Environmental Microbiology examines the composition and behavior of microbial communities inn their natural habitats as well as their central role in the biosphere, impacting drinking water, waste treatment, nutrient dynamics, hydrothermal activities, and the evolution and spread of pathogens, etc.

The prescription of antibiotics is a medical tightrope-walk. The drugs save lives, but, because of overuse, may soon usher in a new era of super-germs. This program outlines the discoveries of bacteria and penicillin and sheds light on the frightening emergence of multi-resistant, often deadly microbes during the last six decades. Presenting interviews with researchers who are deeply involved with the issue-including Tufts University microbiology...

Inspired by an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, explores microbes and their implications for modern science and medicine. Suddenly, research findings require a paradigm shift in our view of the microbial world. The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health is well under way, and unprecedented scientific technology now allows the censusing of trillions of microbes inside and on our bodies as well...

Surveying the vast biodiversity of the medicinal plant world, this program examines the challenges facing countries rich in such natural resources. The video presents interviews with numerous alternative health experts-including Dr. Jean-Pierre Willem, renowned surgeon, ethnologist, and the last field assistant of Dr. Albert Schweitzer-and documents their knowledge in a wide range of herbal and plant-based treatments. It also studies controversies...

Gives information on where to find and cultivate microbial organisms. "'Garden of Microbial Delights' takes the reader on an excursion of beauty, mystery and splendor through the world of microbes. Microbial organisms, which are neither animal nor plant, are the dominant and oldest forms of life on Earth. Their incessant growth, movement, chemical transformation, and death strongly and pervasively affect human life. These minute creatures are responsible...

Modern medicine owes much of its success to drugs. How do these chemical molecules treat and cure aches and illnesses? This program explains that these substances are usually "copies" of natural substances produced by our own bodies. We witness the invention of a new drug by two researchers working at a major pharmaceutical laboratory-computer-assisted, of course. Finally, we are introduced to some promising new weapons against cancer, drugs designed...

They are on the ocean surface and in the abyss, in soil and plants, not to mention the intestines of insects and large mammals, including humans. They are bacteria, and they are present in every corner of our planet. Are we aware that among the billions of bacteria that exist on earth, less than 1% of them are pathogenic? Recent discoveries reveal that bacteria are not only linked to the very origins of life on earth, but that they have become indispensable...

Aandacht voor micro-organismen als saprofieten en veroorzakers van planteziekten; microbiologie van bloemen, zaden, vruchten, bladeren, stengels en wortels; de afbraak (rotting) van plantenafval; toekomstige ontwikkelingen ten aanzien van de micro-biologie van planten

This program studies the biological processes by which the body reproduces cancerous tumors, and summarizes the results of current research. The various steps of metastasis are clearly demonstrated in film and computer animation. A film segment of real human tissue shows tumor cells moving in a regulated manner under the direction of "leader cells. Computer animation illustrates how a normal cell becomes cancerous. Treatments under development for...