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Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage) by Zimmer, Carl is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A Best Book of the Year Seed Magazine • Granta Magazine • The Plain-Dealer In this fascinating and utterly engaging book, Carl Zimmer traces E. coli 's pivotal role in the history of biology, from the discovery of DNA to the latest advances in biotechnology. He reveals the many surprising and alarming parallels between E. coli 's life and our own. And he describes how E. coli changes in real time, revealing billions of years of history encoded within its genome. E. coli is also the most engineered species on Earth, and as scientists retool this microbe to produce life-saving drugs and clean fuel, they are discovering just how far the definition of life can be stretched.

Who reads Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage)?

Author

Zimmer, Carl

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307377562

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biology, Technology

Updated

2026-03-24