Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life   Books Buy Click for detailed information Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by: Carl Zimmer List Price: $25.95 Bioportfolio's Price: $17.13 You Save: $8.82 (34%) Prices subject to change. This product in another region: UK | USA Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Click to buy Editorial Review: Product Description: •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. Related Items: Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing see more see more Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life

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