Start with high-confidence microbiology books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Good Gut
Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg
Biohazard
Ken Alibek, Stephen Handelman
Air-borne
Carl Zimmer
Germs
Judith Miller, William J Broad
Microbes
Phillip K. Peterson
Textbook of Industrial Microbiology
Renu Agrawal
