The universe under a microscope

Atoms, born in exploding stars, are the building blocks of everything we can describe, including all the molecules of living beings as well as the planet where they reside. Much like us, they actively construct and destroy their environment. [...]they are not just individualistic reproductive machin...

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Published inEnvironmental microbiology reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 11 - 12
Main Authors Raman, Arjun V., Baliga, Nitin S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2015
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Bacteria - cytology
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Earth
Ecosystem biology
Microorganisms
Microscopy
Planet formation
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Summary:Atoms, born in exploding stars, are the building blocks of everything we can describe, including all the molecules of living beings as well as the planet where they reside. Much like us, they actively construct and destroy their environment. [...]they are not just individualistic reproductive machines; they exist, as we do, for each other. In the past, our knowledge of microbes was limited to the types we could culture, but these technologies can now be applied to environmental samples, and we are no longer limited by what we can grow in the laboratory.
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US Department of Energy - No. DE-AC0205CH11231; No. DE-SC0004877; No. DE-EE0006315
US National Science Foundation - No. MSB-1237267; No. DB-1262637; No. MCB-1330912
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US National Institutes of Health - No. 2P50GM076547
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DE‐AC0205CH11231; DE‐SC0004877; DE‐EE0006315
ISSN:1758-2229
1758-2229
DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12225