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Klappentext Research level survey of bacterial diversity; from mechanisms to their role in key environmental processes. Zusammenfassung The microbial world is astonishingly diverse! but 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. This broad-ranging volume will appeal to a wide variety of microbiologists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors' Preface; 1. Microbial diversity in the era of genomics R. R. Colwell; 2. Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity M. C. Horner-Devine, J. Green and B. J. M. Bohannan; 3. A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity E. V. Koonin, K. S. Maskarova, N. V. Grishin and Y. I. Wolf; 4. The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastointestinal tract H. J. Flint; 5. The genetics of phenoytpic innoation H. J. E. Beaumont, S. M. Gehrig, R. Kassen, C. G. Knight, J. Malone, A. J. Spiers and P. B. Rainey; 6. Minimal genomes required for life R. Gil, V. Pérez-Brocal, A. Latorre and A. Moya; 7. Evolution of the core of genes V. Daubin and E. Lerat; 8. Biogeographical diversity of archael viruses K. M. Stedman, A. Clore and Y. Combet-Blanc; 9. Is there a link between Chlamydia and heart disease? L. A. Campbell and C.-C. Kuo; 10. Unculturable oral bacteria W. G. Wade; 11. Comparative genomics - what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens? R. W. Titball and M. Duffield; 12. Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains J. Klockgether, O. N. Reva and B. Tümmler; 13. Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria A. Morningstar, W. H. Gaze, S. Tolba and E. M. H. Wellington; 14. Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats: hypersaline environments A. Ventosa; 15. Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways S. Lacour, M. Gaillard and J. R. van der Meer; 16. Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes A. M. Osborn....
