Eugene Rosenberg )editor-in-chief( ; Edward F. DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt and Fabiano Thompson )eds.(
Fourth edition.
xx, 607 pages : illustrations
Springer reference.
Series: Springer reference.
Section 1: Biology of Bacteria and Archaea.How We Do, Don't, and Should Look at Bacteria and Bacteriology /Carl R. Woese --What Is a Prokaryote? /W. Ford Doolittle, Olga Zhaxybayeva --Prokaryotes and Their Habitats /Hans G. Schlegel, Holger W. Jannasch --Origin of Life: RNA World Versus Autocatalytic Anabolist /Geunter Weachtersheauser --Morphological and Physiological Diversity /Stephen H. Zinder, Martin Dworkin --Prokaryote Characterization and Identification /Peter Keampfer, Stefanie P. Glaeser --Principles of Enrichment, Isolation, Cultivation, and Preservation of Prokaryotes /Jeorg Overmann --Comparative Genomics /Asli Ismihan Ozen, Tammi Vesth, David W. Ussery --Defining Taxonomic Ranks /Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Erko Stackebrandt --Population Genetics /Santiago Castillo-Ramairez, Edward J. Feil --Public Service Collections and Biological Resource Centers of Microorganisms /David Smith, Dagmar Fritze, Erko Stackebrandt --Repositories for Patented and Safeguarded Material /Zea D.V.L. Mayerhoff, Irene von der Weid, Alessandra B.G. Valladoao --Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology /Eugene Rosenberg --Genomes and Post-genome Technology /Betania Ferraz Quirino, Cristine Chaves Barreto, Georgios J. Pappas Jr. --Section 2: Symbiotic Associations.Role of Microorganisms in Adaptation, Development, and Evolution of Animals and Plants: The Hologenome Concept /Eugene Rosenberg, Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg --Cyanobacterial-Plant Symbioses /David G. Adams, Birgitta Bergman, Sandra A. Nierzwicki-Bauer, Paula S. Duggan --Root and Stem Nodule Bacteria of Legumes /Michael J. Sadowsky, Peter H. Graham, Masayuki Sugawara --Symbiotic Associations Between Ciliates and Prokaryotes /Michael Schweikert, Masahiro Fujishima, Hans-Dieter Geortz --Bacteriocyte-Associated Endosymbionts of Insects /Paul Baumann, Nancy A. Moran, Linda C. Baumann --Vibrio fisheri: Squid Symbiosis /Eric V. Stabb, Karen L. Visick --Rumen Symbioses /Itzhak Mizrahi --Symbiotic Associations Between Termites and Prokaryotes /Andreas Brune --Marine Chemosynthetic Symbioses /Colleen M. Cavanaugh, Zoe P. McKiness, Irene L.G. Newton, Frank J. Stewart.