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Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms: Proceedings of a Workshop (Compass Series (Washington, D.C.).) by National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Steering Group for the Workshop on Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms is a book available to read on EtoBox.
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How small can a free-living organism be? On the surface, this question is straightforward-in principle, the smallest cells can be identified and measured. But understanding what factors determine this lower limit, and addressing the host of other questions that follow on from this knowledge, require a fundamental understanding of the chemistry and ecology of cellular life. The recent report of evidence for life in a martian meteorite and the prospect of searching for biological signatures in intelligently chosen samples from Mars and elsewhere bring a new immediacy to such questions. How do we recognize the morphological or chemical remnants of life in rocks deposited 4 billion years ago on another planet? Are the empirical limits on cell size identified by observation on Earth applicable to life wherever it may occur, or is minimum size a function of the particular chemistry of an individual planetary surface? These questions formed the focus of a workshop on the size limits of very small organisms, organized by the Steering.Group for the Workshop on Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms and held on October 22 and 23, 1998. Eighteen invited panelists, representing fields rangin
- Author
- National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Steering Group for the Workshop on Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780309203913
- Subjects
- Science, Mathematics, Biology
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