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Author Zimmer, Carl, 1966-

Title Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life / Carl Zimmer.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  579.3 ZIMMER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  579.3 ZIMMER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  579 Z66    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  579.342 ZIMMER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  579.342 ZIMMER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  579.342 ZIMMER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  579.342 ZI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-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 1.
Summary 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.
Subject Escherichia coli.
Microbiology -- History.
Molecular biology -- History.
Genetics -- History.
Escherichia coli.
Microbiology -- history.
Genetics -- history.
History, 20th Century.
Molecular Biology -- history.
ISBN 9780375424304
037542430X
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