Europe’s E. coli outbreak, who’s demonizing organic farming of vegetables?
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Microcosm: E. Coli And The New Science Of Life $8.69 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. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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E. Coli in Motion (Paperback) $232.76 Escherichia coli, commonly referred to as E. coli, has been the organism of choice for molecular genetics for decades. Its machinery and mobile behavior is one of the most fascinating topics for cell scientists. Scientists and engineers, not trained in microbiology, and who would like to learn more about living machines, can see it as a unique example. This cross-disciplinary monograph covers more than thirty years of research and is accessible to graduate students and scientists alike. |