The Prokaryotes : Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations - DeLong, Edward F.; Stackebrandt, Erko.; Lory, Stephen; Thompson, Fabiano; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Preface -- Foreword -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- (Section 1) Biology of Bacteria and Archaea -- How We Do, Don't 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.
Keywords: Microbiology; Microbiology