Prokaryotic Diversity: Mechanisms and SignificanceN. A. Logan, H. M. Lappin-Scott, P. C. F Oyston The true extent of prokaryote diversity, encompassing the spectrum of variability among bacteria, remains unknown. Current research efforts focus on understanding why prokaryote diversification occurs, its underlying mechanisms, and its likely impact. The dynamic nature of the prokaryotic world, and continuing advances in the technological tools available make this an important area and hence this book will appeal to a wide variety of microbiologists. Its coverage ranges from studies of prokaryotes in specialized environmental niches to broad examinations of prokaryote evolution and diversity, and the mechanisms underlying them. Topics include: bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract, unculturable organisms in the mouth and in the soil, organisms from extreme environments, the diversity of archaea and their phages, comparative genomics and the emergence of pathogens, the spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental organisms, minimal genomes needed for life, horizontal gene transfer, phenotypic innovation, and patterns and extent of biodiversity. |
Contents
Bohannan B J M | 14 |
Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity | 19 |
Kassen | 35 |
Koonin K S Makarova N V Grishin and Y I Wolf | 39 |
H J Flint | 65 |
H J E Beaumont S M Gehrig R Kassen C G Knight J Malone | 91 |
R Gil V PérezBrocal A Latorre and A Moya | 105 |
Daubin and E Lerat | 123 |
W G Wade | 163 |
Duffield M | 175 |
J Klockgether O N Reva and B Tümmler | 187 |
A Morningstar W H Gaze S Tolba and E M H Wellington | 201 |
A Ventosa | 223 |
S Lacour M Gaillard and J R van der Meer | 255 |
Osborn | 275 |
Makarova K | 292 |
Common terms and phrases
16S rRNA gene Acad Sci USA acid aeruginosa analysis antibiotic Appl Environ Microbiol archaea atherosclerosis bacteria Bacteriol bacteriophage bacterium biodiversity Biol CASS catabolic cells Chlamydia pneumoniae chromosome clc element clone colon communities conjugative conserved core CRISPR culture degradation detected disease ecological encode environmental enzymes Escherichia coli eukaryotic evolution evolutionary extremely halophilic FEMS Microbiol functions fusellovirus GEIs gene clusters genetic genome sequence genomic islands Grayston haloarchaea Halobacterium halophilic horizontal gene transfer host human hypersaline environments Int J Syst integrase integrons isolated Koonin mechanisms metabolism micro-organisms microbial diversity minimal genome Mol Microbiol molecular mutations Natl Acad Sci novel nucleotide operon Oren ORFs organisms pathogens pathways pestis phage phenotypic phylogenetic phylotypes plasmid pneumoniae infection Proc Natl Acad production prokaryotic protein Pseudomonas pseudotuberculosis Rainey recombination role rRNA saltern samples soil species strains streptomycin studies Sulfolobus taxa transcription transposons Ventosa virus viruses Yersinia Yersinia pestis