Mycobacteria are bacterial pathogens which cause diseases in humans and non-human animals. This monograph will primarily cover the most important and widely researched groups of mycobacteria: members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and Mycobacterium leprae, across a wide range of host species. M. tuberculosis and M. bovis are particularly relevant with the increasing drug resistance and co-infection with HIV and the possible cross-infection of badgers and cattle associated with M. bovis. This ideal reference for researchers working in...

Tightrope Tango is a parable about Clayton and Darlene James, a young upwardly mobile couple who find their perfect world crumbling all around them. They need help and they need it fast. Enter an aging business guru who sees something special in this couple and decides to teach them the secrets of the 'Tightrope Tango'. Written in the style of 'The One Minute Manager', 'Tightrope Tango' allows you to see yourself in the life of our heroes Clayton and Darlene. Exercises and suggested solutions will follow every section of the story. You will learn how to target problem areas in your life and...