Life's engines : how microbes made Earth habitable /

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. Life's Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these...

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Main Author:	Falkowski, Paul G. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:	Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Subjects:	Microorganisms > Evolution. Bacteria > Evolution. Microbial genetics. Life (Biology) Genetics, Microbial. Bacteria. Biological Phenomena.