The Prokaryotes - Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology

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 includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.
The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups.
Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.
The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.

The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:

Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology<

Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry

Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology

Human Microbiology

Actinobacteria

Firmicutes

Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria

Gammaproteobacteria

Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria

Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea

List of contents

Preface.- Foreword.- About the Editors.- List of Contributors.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Acetic, Lactic, Gluconic, Succinic and Polyhydroxyalkanoic Acids.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Butanol, Acetone and Isopropanol; 1,3- and 1,2-Propanediol Production; and 2,3-Butanediol Production.- Organic Acid and Solvent Production: Propionic and Butyric Acids and Ethanol.- Amino Acid Production.- Microbial Exopolysaccharides.- Bacterial Enzymes.- Diversity and Biotechnological Applications of Prokaryotic Enzymes.- Bacteria in Food and Beverage Production.- Bacterial Pharmaceutical Products.- Biosurfactants.- Bioremediation.- Biodeterioration.- Microbial Biofilms.- Biofuels.- The Metabolic Pathways of Biodegradation.

About the author

Eugene Rosenberg, Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel.-  Edward F. DeLong, Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.-  Fabiano Thompson, Professor at Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-  Stephen Lory, Professor at Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.-  Erko Stackebrandt, Director of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany.

Summary

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 includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups.Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.
The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:
Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations
Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology<
Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry
Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology
Human Microbiology
Actinobacteria
Firmicutes
Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria
Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria
Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward F. DeLong (Editor), Stephen Lory (Editor), Erko Stackebrandt (Editor), Fabiano Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Nature EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2013
• EAN: 9783642313301
• ISBN: 978-3-642-31330-1
• No. of pages: 394
• Weight: 11818 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 394 p. 139 illus., 40 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; A, microbiology, infectious diseases, Biomedical and Life Sciences, prokaryotes, Systematic, Mircrobes