Quote by George M. Church

[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions.

— Max Delbruck

“Sixty years on, we know that HGT is one of the most profound aspects of bacterial life. It allows bacteria to evolve at blistering…

— Ed Yong

“Look, there’s no debate among microbiologists—a pandemic is coming. Sooner or later one of these bugs is going to be stronger and faster than…

— Sean Chercover

Microbes such as bacteria and yeast use enzymes to make fuels from biomass. We use directed evolution to perfect those enzymes and make new…

— Frances Arnold

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.

— Stewart Brand

“computer program can play havoc with climate-control systems. A particularly nasty pathogen—mutant strains of bacteria”

— Anthony O'Neill

“The other naturally occurring viruses, like ebola, are not durable enough to generate a runaway epidemic.”

— Martin J. Rees

“ Escherichia colia O157:H7 is a relatively new strain of the common intestinal bacteria (no one had seen it before 1980) that thrives in…

— Michael Pollan

When it comes to taking genes from viruses and bacteria and putting them into plants, people say 'Yuck! Why would scientists do that?' Because…

— Pamela Ronald