Capa dura em muito bom estado, 717 páginas, 23, 5 x 15, 5 cm. This 717 page book provides the papers from the scientists who presented their research results at the 12th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions held December 2005 in Merida in Yucatan, Mexico. The editors, from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Cuernavaca, describe the Congress as a feast of great science, exploring the cutting edge aspects of plant-microbe interactions. Readers, too, will find a feast of information in this book as IS-MPMI is making a limited supply available to those who did not attend the Congress. The book is organized around 17 research themes: