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When PPLO Became Mycoplasma

机译:PPLO成为支原体时

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Now that Craig Venter, Hamilton Smith and Clyde Hutchison, visionaries in the attempt to synthesize a living cell, have created three species of mycoplasma into landmarks on the road to their ambitious goal, mycoplasmas have become a favorite taxon in the popular press and the world of futuristic biology. When I first encountered these organisms they were known as pleuropneu-monia-like organisms-PPLOs-and few dreamed of the glory that lay ahead for this enigmatic group. How did these obscure microbes became important, indeed central, in understanding what it takes to be a living organism? The story will be told from an idiosyncratic and personal point of view-the view from my bench over five decades-and will show how mycoplasma instructed-and deceived-us about the nature of life.
机译:如今,有远见卓识的克雷格·文特(Craig Venter),汉密尔顿·史密斯(Hamilton Smith)和克莱德·哈奇森(Clyde Hutchison)在试图合成活细胞的过程中,已经将3种支原体创造成为实现其宏伟目标的里程碑,支原体已成为大众媒体和世界上最受欢迎的分类单元未来生物学。当我第一次遇到这些生物时,它们被称为胸膜肺炎样生物-PPLO,很少有人梦到这个神秘集团的荣耀。这些晦涩的微生物如何在理解成为活生物体的过程中变得非常重要,甚至变得至关重要呢?这个故事将以一种特质和个人的观点来讲述-我在过去的五十年中的观点-并将展示支原体如何指导和欺骗我们关于生命本质的知识。

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    《American Scientist》 |2011年第2期|p.102-105|共4页
  • 作者

    Harold J. Morowitz;

  • 作者单位

    Biology and Natural Philosophy at the Krasnow Institute of George Mason University Mail Stop 2A1, Fairfax, VA 22030;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);
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