Toxin —— The cunning of bacterial poisons

----- 毒素：细菌毒素的诡诈

ISBN: 9780198605584 出版年：2005 页码：201 Lax, Alistair J Oxford University Press

1. Toxins are everywhere: how toxins affected history 2. The germ of an idea: a gradual acceleration up to the mid 1850s 3. The Golden Age of Microbiology: Pasteur, Koch and the birth of the toxin concept 4. The anatomy of diphtheria: taming the deadly scourge of childhood 5. Understanding: all toxins fit into three basic mechanisms 6. Why are plague and typhoid so deadly? A further layer of cleverness 7. Deviant biology: weapons, espionage and man's innate inhumanity 8. A more optimistic outcome: from poison to cure and the cell biologist's toolkit 9. Where is toxinology going now? Is there anything new out there? Further reading References Index