Life's Engines How Microbes Made Earth Habitable.

The marvelous microbes that made life on Earth possible and support our very existence For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Falkowski, Paul G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023.
Colección:Princeton science library.
Temas:
Microorganisms > Evolution.
Bacteria > Evolution.
Microbial genetics.
Life (Biology)
Schizomycetes.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. The Missing Microbes
  • Chapter 2. Meet the Microbes
  • Chapter 3. The World before Time
  • Chapter 4. Life's Little Engines
  • Chapter 5. Supercharging the Engines
  • Chapter 6. Protecting the Core Genes
  • Chapter 7. Cell Mates
  • Chapter 8. Supersizing in Wonderland
  • Chapter 9. The Fragile Species
  • Chapter 10. The Tinkerers
  • Chapter 11. Microbes on Mars and Butterflies on Venus?
  • Further Readings
  • Index

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