Can Microbial Communities Regenerate?: Uniting Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

By investigating a simple question, a philosopher of science and a molecular biologist offer an accessible understanding...
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Author: S. Andrew Inkpen
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Language: English
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Can Microbial Communities Regenerate?: Uniting Ecology and Evolutionary Biology by Inkpen, S. Andrew

Can Microbial Communities Regenerate?: Uniting Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

$409.86

Can Microbial Communities Regenerate?: Uniting Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

$409.86
Author: S. Andrew Inkpen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
By investigating a simple question, a philosopher of science and a molecular biologist offer an accessible understanding of microbial communities and a motivating theory for future research in community ecology.

Microorganisms, such as bacteria, are important determinants of health at the individual, ecosystem, and global levels. And yet many aspects of modern life, from the overuse of antibiotics to chemical spills and climate change, can have devastating, lasting impacts on the communities formed by microorganisms. Drawing on the latest scientific research and real-life examples such as attempts to reengineer these communities through microbial transplantation, the construction of synthetic communities of microorganisms, and the use of probiotics, this book explores how and why communities of microorganisms respond to disturbance, and what might lead to failure. It also unpacks related and interwoven philosophical questions: What is an organism? Can a community evolve by natural selection? How can we make sense of function and purpose in the natural world? How should we think about regeneration as a phenomenon that occurs at multiple biological scales? Provocative and nuanced, this primer offers an accessible conceptual and theoretical understanding of regeneration and evolution at the community level that will be essential across disciplines including philosophy of biology, conservation biology, microbiomics, medicine, evolutionary biology, and ecology.

Author: S. Andrew Inkpen, W. Ford Doolittle
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 07/20/2022
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780226820637

About the Author
Inkpen, S. Andrew: - S. Andrew Inkpen is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. He is also a project leader for the McDonnell Initiative at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, where he focuses on facilitating collaborations between humanities researchers and life scientists.Doolittle, W. Ford: - W. Ford Doolittle is professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he has taught for fifty years. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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