Prokaryotic diversity : mechanisms and significance : Sixty-Sixth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the University of Warwick, April 2006 /

Research level survey of bacterial diversity; from mechanisms to their role in key environmental processes.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Society for General Microbiology. Symposium, Society for General Microbiology
Other Authors: Logan, Niall A., Lappin-Scott, Hilary M., Oyston, Petra C. F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology ; 66.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Microbial diversity in the era of genomics / R.R. Colwell
  • Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity / M.C. Horner-Devine, J. Green, B.J.M. Bohannan
  • A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes : the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity / E.V. Koonin and others]
  • The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract / H.J. Flint
  • The genetics of phenotypic innovation / H.J.E. Beaumont [and others]
  • Minimal genomes required for life / R. Gil, V. Perez-Brocal, A. Latorre, A. Moya
  • Evolution of the core of genes / V. Daubin, E. Lerat
  • Biogeographical diversity of archaeal viruses / K.M. Stedman, A. Clore, Y. Combet-Blanc
  • Is there a link between chlamydia and heart disease? / L.A. Campbell, C.-C. Kuo
  • Unculturable oral bacteria / W.G. Wade
  • Comparative genomics
  • what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens? / R.W. Titball, M. Duffield
  • Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains / J. Klockgether, O.N. Reva, B. Tümmler
  • Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria / A. Morningstar [and others]
  • Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats : hypersaline environments / A. Ventosa
  • Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways / S. Lacour, M. Gaillard, J.R. van der Meer
  • Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes / A.M. Osborn.