Biodiversity of Microbial Life Foundation of Earths Biosphere.docVIP

Molecules 2003, 8, 223-225 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 ? 2003 by MDPI New Book Received* Biodiversity of Microbial Life: Foundation of Earths Biosphere. By James T. Staley, Anna-Louise Reysenbach. Wiley: New York. 592 Pages. Hardcover. October 2001. US $89.95. ISBN 0-471-25433-9 Received:1 September 2002 The following paragraphs are reproduced from the website of the publisher [1]. Biodiversity of Microbial Life places the importance and novelty of the diversity of the microbial world in perspective with the biodiversity of plants and animals. Microbial diversity has driven the ev