List of figures and tables ................................... viii
Acknowledgements ................................................ x
An introduction to philosophy of microbiology ................... i
1 Philosophy in microbiology; microbes in philosophy .......... 16
2 Philosophical debates in high-level microbial
classification .............................................. 45
3 Philosophical debates in species-level microbial
classification .............................................. 65
4 Philosophical issues in microbial evolution ................. 95
5 Microbial ecology from a philosophical perspective ......... 132
6 Microbes as model biological systems ....................... 173
Conclusion: further philosophical questions ................... 201
Glossary ...................................................... 219
References .................................................... 222
Index ......................................................... 261
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