Dr. Vasu D. Appanna has been studying, researching and teaching for more than 30 years in Canada and world-wide. He has published extensively on microbial systems surviving in stressed environments and the very successful and widely distributed book Human Microbes: The Power Within - Health, Healing and Beyond. He is currently a Professor of Biochemistry at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario where he has also served as Department Chair and Dean of Faculty.

Chapter 1: The Genesis of Life - How it All Started
Chapter 2: Algae and Their Microbiomes
Chapter 3: Fungal Microbiome and Mycobiome Within Other Organisms
Chapter 4: Microbiomes of Sedentary Aquatic Organisms
Chapter 5: Insect Microbiome: Microbes Insects Depend On
Chapter 6: Fish Microbiome: Functional Perspectives
Chapter 7: Microbial Constituents of Birds: Genesis, Functions and Adaptations
Chapter 8: Mammalian Microbiomes: The Roles They Perform
Chapter 9: Plants and Their Microbial Communities