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CHAPTER 2 Meet the Microbes

Paul G. Falkowski

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Prologue 1
CHAPTER 1 The Missing Microbes 9
CHAPTER 2 Meet the Microbes 23
CHAPTER 3 The World before Time 40
CHAPTER 4 Life’s Little Engines 47
CHAPTER 5 Supercharging the Engines 68
CHAPTER 6 Protecting the Core Genes 91
CHAPTER 7 Cell Mates 108
CHAPTER 8 Supersizing in Wonderland 124
CHAPTER 9 The Fragile Species 145
CHAPTER 10 The Tinkerers 161
CHAPTER 11 Microbes on Mars and Butterflies on Venus? 173
Further Readings 187
Index 191

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Prologue 1
CHAPTER 1 The Missing Microbes 9
CHAPTER 2 Meet the Microbes 23
CHAPTER 3 The World before Time 40
CHAPTER 4 Life’s Little Engines 47
CHAPTER 5 Supercharging the Engines 68
CHAPTER 6 Protecting the Core Genes 91
CHAPTER 7 Cell Mates 108
CHAPTER 8 Supersizing in Wonderland 124
CHAPTER 9 The Fragile Species 145
CHAPTER 10 The Tinkerers 161
CHAPTER 11 Microbes on Mars and Butterflies on Venus? 173
Further Readings 187
Index 191

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