| Description |
243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Signature -- E. coli and the elephant -- The system -- The E. coli watcher's field guide -- Everflux -- Death and kindness -- Darwin at the drugstore -- Open source -- Palimpsest -- Playing nature -- N equals one. |
| Summary |
Addresses the fundamental question of what it means to be alive from the perspective of a microbe, E. coli, that exists within all human beings, examining the germ's evolution and its important role in the history of biology. |
| Subject |
Escherichia coli.
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Escherichia coli. |
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Microbiology -- History.
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Microbiology. |
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History. |
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Molecular biology -- History.
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Molecular biology. |
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Genetics -- History.
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Genetics. |
| ISBN |
9780375424304 |
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037542430X |
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