Microcosm

E. coli and the New Science of Life

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Microcosm by Carl Zimmer, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Carl Zimmer ISBN: 9780307377562
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: May 6, 2008
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Carl Zimmer
ISBN: 9780307377562
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: May 6, 2008
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

A Best Book of the YearSeed MagazineGranta MagazineThe Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. E. coli is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.

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A Best Book of the YearSeed MagazineGranta MagazineThe Plain-DealerIn this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. E. coli is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.

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