Welcome to the microbiome : getting to know the trillions of bacteria and other microbes in, on, and around you / Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne.

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]

xiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"This book has been inspired by an exhibition, The Secret World Inside You: The Microbiome, at the American Museum of Natural History, which will open in New York in early November 2015 and run until August 2016. It will then travel to other museums in the United States and abroad."--Dust jacket.

What is life? -- What is a microbiome? -- What is on and around us? -- What is inside us? -- What are our defenses? -- What is "healthy"?

Includes bibliographic references (pages 217-232) and index.