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Microcosm
E. coli and the new science of life
By Zimmer, Carl
- ISBN
- 978-0-37542-430-4
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2008
To display a broad swath of the people, scientific processes, and discoveries involved in biology, science writer Zimmer (Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain-and How It Changed the World) describes a common, luxuriantly growing, usually benign gut bacterium, Escherichia coli, or E. coli. Easily grown in petri dishes, the species has alter egos that can kill its hosts, making the organism a useful laboratory model to explor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
