Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.
Contents:
15. Postscript : landmarks that tie our stories together. 2. Of caterpillars and crystals : bacterial toxins as insecticides -- 3. Out of Africa : bacteria against mosquitoes and blackflies -- 4. The virus that cures : the baculovirus gene expression system -- 5. Scourge of the South Pacific : the rhinoceros beetle -- 6. Bug against bug : invertebrate antibiotics -- 7. Saved by a crab : Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay -- 8. Sea sickness : diseases of edible shellfish -- 9. Deadly hitchhikers : crustaceans and cholera -- 10. Cloak and dagger : nematodes aginst insect pests -- 11. Bad news for the good guys : diseases and parasites of bees -- 12. The mysterious reappearing fungus : gypsy moth pathogen -- 13. The sixth plague of Egypt : fungus and the desert locust -- 14. Ad infinitum : insect symbiotic organisms -- 15. Postscript : landmarks that tie our stories together.
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