The social biology of microbial communities: workshop summary
by National Center for Biotechnology Information (É.-U.), Institute of Medicine (États-Unis)., Board on Global Health, Choffnes, Eileen R., Olsen, LeighAnne, Mack, Alison, Institute of Medicine (États-Unis)., Forum on Microbial Threats
Beginning with the germ theory of disease in the 19th century and extending through most of the 20th century, microbes were believed to live their lives as solitary, unicellular, disease-causing organisms . This perception stemmed from the focus of most investigators on organism…