Life's engines
Subtitle: how microbes made Earth habitable
By: Paul G. Falkowski
Series: Science essentials; Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780691155371
Subjects: Microbial genetics; Bacteria; Evolution; Life (Biology); Microorganisms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The missing microbes; title: Meet the microbes; title: The world before time; title: Life's little engines; title: Supercharging the engines; title: Protecting the core genes; title: Cell mates; title: Supersizing wonderland; title: The fragile species; title: The tinkerers; title: Microbes on Mars and butterflies on Venus?