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001    ocn171152057 
003    OCoLC 
005    20080509034724.0 
008    070907t20082008nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010      2007037155 
020    9780375424304 
020    037542430X 
035    (OCoLC)171152057 
035    (Sirsi) i9780375424304 
040    DNLM/DLC|beng|cDLC|dNLM|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dABG 
049    CKEA 
050 00 QR82.E6|bZ56 2008 
082 00 579.3/42|222 
100 1  Zimmer, Carl,|d1966- 
245 10 Microcosm :|bE. coli and the new science of life /|cCarl 
       Zimmer. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    243 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-228) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    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. 
650  0 Escherichia coli. 
650  0 Microbiology|xHistory. 
650  0 Molecular biology|xHistory. 
650  0 Genetics|xHistory. 
650 12 Escherichia coli. 
650 12 Microbiology|xhistory. 
650 22 Genetics|xhistory. 
650 22 History, 20th Century. 
650 22 Molecular Biology|xhistory. 
994    92|bCKE