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" Defrosting ancient microbes : "
Scott O. Rogers, John D. Castello.
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874820
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Rogers, Scott O.,1953-
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Defrosting ancient microbes : : emerging genomes in a warmer world /\ Scott O. Rogers, John D. Castello.
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Boca Raton, FL :: CRC Press,, [2020]
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1 online resource (xxiv, 230 pages)
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0429274459
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: 1000702448
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: 1000702669
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: 9780429274459
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: 9781000702446
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: 9781000702552
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: 9781000702668
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9780367222628
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9780367223502
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Reaching backwards --- Questions and answers -- The importance of water and ice -- The diversity of ice -- Permafrost -- What is life? -- Fossils : marking time -- Walking into the past -- Isolating and characterizing microbes from ice -- A brief history of research on life in ice -- Ice core discoveries -- Subglacial Lake Vostok -- Discoveries from other ice-covered lakes -- Life is everywhere -- Pathogens in the environment viruses -- Pathogens, hazards, and dangers -- Everything old is new again, the ultimate in recycling -- Astrobiology : out of this world -- Disappearing ice : global climate change -- Epilogue.
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"This book explores the emergence of microbes embedded in ice for thousands - even millions - of years, now being released into streams, rivers, lakes and oceans. This book explores the emergence of these microbes and the implications for terrestrial, as well as extra-terrestrial, life"--
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Microorganisms-- Evolution.
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Microorganisms-- History.
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Microorganisms-- Evolution.
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Microorganisms.
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cytology
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics Genomics
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| Dewey Classification
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579
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QR21.R58 2020
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Castello, John D.,1952-
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