ENGLISH

Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage)

By Carl Zimmer

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
2009
ISBN
0307276864, 9780307276865
Google Books ID
9r8TDOaqV3YC
Open Library ID
OL24089773M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17943858 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
249\249
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Биологические дисциплины;Микробиология и биотехнол

Description

A Best Book of the YearSeed Magazine • Granta Magazine • The 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.

Similar books