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E. coli and the New Science of Life

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Microcosm

E. coli and the New Science of Life

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-Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli. They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year.-Despite its microscopic size, E.coli contains more than four thousand genes that operate a staggeringly sophisticated network of millions of molecules. -Scientists are rebuilding E. coli from the ground up, redefining our understanding of life on Earth.In the tradition of classics like Lewis Thomas's Lives of a Cell, Carl Zimmer has written a fascinating and utterly accessible investigation of what it means to be alive. Zimmer traces E. coli's remarkable history, showing how scientists used it to discover how genes work and then to launch the entire biotechnology industry. While some strains of E. coli grab headlines by causing deadly diseases, scientists are retooling the bacteria to produce everything from human insulin to jet fuel. Microcosm is the story of the one species on Earth that science knows best of all. It's also a story of life itself--of its rules, its mysteries, and its future.From the Hardcover edition.

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Microcosm: E. coli and the new science of life
2008, Pantheon Books
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Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
May 6, 2008, Pantheon, Pantheon Books
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Microcosm: E. coli and the new science of life
2008, Pantheon Books
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Library of Congress
QR82.E6 Z56 2008

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Hardcover
Number of pages
256

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OL10751736M
Internet Archive
microcosmecoline0000zimm_d8f8
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037542430X
ISBN 13
9780375424304
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2007037155
OCLC/WorldCat
171152057
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4786037
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2051708

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