“ A microbe is so very small You cannot make him out at all. ”
- Hilaire Belloc- Copy
- 93
“ For theories and schools, like microbes and corpuscles, devour one another and by their strife ensure the continuity of life. ”
- Marcel Proust- Copy
- 582
“ Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. ”
- Gore Vidal- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Amoebas at the start were not complex - They tore themselves apart and started sex. ”
- Arthur Guiterman- Copy
- 3.8K
“ For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. ”
- Richard Dawkins- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Microbes are doing things we didn't even know they could do 10 years ago. ”
- Robert Jackson- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. ”
- Jeremy Rifkin- Copy
- 406
“ Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being. ”
- Walter Gilbert- Copy
- 981
“ Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones, swam around the ocean, mutated into amphibians and crawled onto dry landnd finally a cab appeared at the mouth of the alley. ”
- Mark Coggins- Copy
- 3.4K
- 1