Although considered structurally simple, bacteria are extremely diverse from a metabolic standpoint and are found almost everywhere on Earth in vast numbers-form living in jet fuel and on the rims of volcanoes to thriving in hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor. There are both beneficial and pathogenic bacteria- Beneficial bacteria are involved in such diverse processes as digestion in animals, nitrogen fixation in the roots of certain legumes, the decomposition of animal and plant remains, and sewage disposal systems’ Pathogenic bacteria, on the other hand, cause Severe and often, fatal diseases in humans, animals, and plants. The first bacterial disease ever discovered was anthrax(caused by Bacillus anthraces) of cattle and sheep in 1876- This book will be highly beneficial to students, teachers and research workers in the field of plant pathology’ plant protection, botany and agricultural sciences’ contents: Bacteria; Bacterial Diseases of Soybean; Bacteria! Diseases of Tomato; infectious Plant Diseases and their control; Bacterial Diseases of Tomato: Bacterial spot, Bacterial Speck, Bacterial canker; Soil Bacteria and Actinomycetes : canine Bacterial Diseases, The importance of Bacteria; Bacteria, Growth and Reproduction; organisms which cause Disease; Disease Diagnosis and control; Bacterial Diseases of Dry Edible Beans in the Central High Plains’.
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