Cover Image

The Prokaryotes Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations /

The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea.� This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters. Different from other resources, this new Springer�product incl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rosenberg, Eugene. (Editor), DeLong, Edward F. (Editor), Lory, Stephen. (Editor), Stackebrandt, Erko. (Editor), Thompson, Fabiano. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Microbiology.
Life Sciences.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • About the Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • (Section 1) Biology of Bacteria and Archaea
  • How We Do, Dont and Should Look at Bacteria and Bacteriology
  • What Is a Prokaryote?
  • Prokaryotes and Their Habitats
  • Origin of Life: RNA World versus Autocatalytic Anabolism
  • Morphological and Physiological Diversity
  • Prokaryote Characterization and Identification
  • Principles of Enrichment, Isolation, Cultivation, and Preservation of Prokaryotes
  • Comparative Genomics
  • Defining Taxonomic Ranks
  • Covering All the Bases: Next-Generation Sequence Data and the Microevolution of Bacterial Pathogens
  • Public Service Collections and Biological Resource Centres of Microorganisms (Biological resource centres)
  • Repositories for Patented and Safeguarded Material, Budapest Treaty, and Safe Deposit
  • Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
  • Genome and Post-genome Technology
  • (section 2) Symbiotic Associations
  • Role of Microorganisms in the Adaptation, Development, and Evolution of Animals and Plants: the Hologenome Concept
  • Cyanobacterial-Plant Symbioses
  • Root and Stem Nodule Bacteria of Legumes
  • Symbiotic Associations Between Ciliates and Prokaryotes
  • Bacteriocyte-Associated Endosymbionts of Insects
  • Vibrio fischeri: A Bioluminescent Light-Organ Symbiont of the Bobtail Squid Euprymna scolopes
  • Rumen Symbioses
  • Symbiotic Associations Between Termites and Prokaryotes
  • Marine Chemosynthetic Symbioses.

Similar Items