Aliens in your hamburger : how bacteria are winning the "war on drugs" /
Biochemist/science fiction author Joan Slonczewski discusses the varieties of enteric bacteria and their survival mechanisms. Despite progress in antibiotic medicines, refrigeration, water purification techniques, and so on, different strains of bacteria have evolved to meet the new environments hum...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor, MI :
Tucker Video,
[1994]
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| Summary: | Biochemist/science fiction author Joan Slonczewski discusses the varieties of enteric bacteria and their survival mechanisms. Despite progress in antibiotic medicines, refrigeration, water purification techniques, and so on, different strains of bacteria have evolved to meet the new environments humans provide for them. The result is new "killer strains" such as salmonella, but also forms of bacteria that are helpful to human digestive and immune systems. Slonczewski also mentions how her research appears in her own works of science fiction. |
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| Item Description: | "SFRA-25, July 7-10, 1994, Arlington Park, Illinois"--title screens. "5"--on label. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (72 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Audience: | Biology. Literature. |
| Production Credits: | Taped and edited by Larry Tucker. |