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. 2011 Mar;12(3):181.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.13.

Microbial rights?

Charles S Cockell  1
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Microbial rights?

Charles S Cockell. EMBO Rep. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Our ability to disrupt habitats and manipulate living organisms requires a discussion of the ethics of microbiology, even if we argue that microbes themselves have no rights.

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