Ebook: Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes
- Tags: Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Microbial Ecology
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Systematic biology has a far wider application than merely the provision of a reliable classification scheme for new strains. With the framework of the hierarchic system stabilizing, genomes, noncoding regions, and genes and their products can now be evaluated in an evolutionary context. This book summarizes recent developments in the molecular characterization of cultured and as-yet uncultured prokaryotes, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of individual approaches. The chapters of the book are compiled to stimulate students to enter the field of bacterial diversity, presenting a broad spectrum of fascinating multifaceted disciplines that illuminate the paths to ecosystem functioning, communication within communities, symbiosis, life in extreme environments, astrobiology, and more.
Systematic biology has a far wider application than merely the provision of a reliable classification scheme for new strains. With the framework of the hierarchic system stabilizing, genomes, noncoding regions, and genes and their products can now be evaluated in an evolutionary context. This book summarizes recent developments in the molecular characterization of cultured and as-yet uncultured prokaryotes, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of individual approaches. The chapters of the book are compiled to stimulate students to enter the field of bacterial diversity, presenting a broad spectrum of fascinating multifaceted disciplines that illuminate the paths to ecosystem functioning, communication within communities, symbiosis, life in extreme environments, astrobiology, and more.
Systematic biology has a far wider application than merely the provision of a reliable classification scheme for new strains. With the framework of the hierarchic system stabilizing, genomes, noncoding regions, and genes and their products can now be evaluated in an evolutionary context. This book summarizes recent developments in the molecular characterization of cultured and as-yet uncultured prokaryotes, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of individual approaches. The chapters of the book are compiled to stimulate students to enter the field of bacterial diversity, presenting a broad spectrum of fascinating multifaceted disciplines that illuminate the paths to ecosystem functioning, communication within communities, symbiosis, life in extreme environments, astrobiology, and more.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Exciting Times: The Challenge to be a Bacterial Systematist....Pages 1-21
DNA-DNA Reassociation Methods Applied to Microbial Taxonomy and Their Critical Evaluation....Pages 23-50
DNA Fingerprinting Techniques Applied to the Identification, Taxonomy and Community Analysis of Prokaryotes....Pages 51-82
Multiple Locus VNTR (Variable Number of Tandem Repeat) Analysis....Pages 83-104
Bacterial Phylogeny Reconstruction from Molecular Sequences....Pages 105-139
Integrated Databasing and Analysis....Pages 141-217
Assessment of Microbial Phylogenetic Diversity Based on Environmental Nucleic Acids....Pages 219-259
Metagenome Analyses....Pages 261-286
DNA Microarrays for Bacterial Genotyping....Pages 287-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-320
Systematic biology has a far wider application than merely the provision of a reliable classification scheme for new strains. With the framework of the hierarchic system stabilizing, genomes, noncoding regions, and genes and their products can now be evaluated in an evolutionary context. This book summarizes recent developments in the molecular characterization of cultured and as-yet uncultured prokaryotes, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of individual approaches. The chapters of the book are compiled to stimulate students to enter the field of bacterial diversity, presenting a broad spectrum of fascinating multifaceted disciplines that illuminate the paths to ecosystem functioning, communication within communities, symbiosis, life in extreme environments, astrobiology, and more.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Exciting Times: The Challenge to be a Bacterial Systematist....Pages 1-21
DNA-DNA Reassociation Methods Applied to Microbial Taxonomy and Their Critical Evaluation....Pages 23-50
DNA Fingerprinting Techniques Applied to the Identification, Taxonomy and Community Analysis of Prokaryotes....Pages 51-82
Multiple Locus VNTR (Variable Number of Tandem Repeat) Analysis....Pages 83-104
Bacterial Phylogeny Reconstruction from Molecular Sequences....Pages 105-139
Integrated Databasing and Analysis....Pages 141-217
Assessment of Microbial Phylogenetic Diversity Based on Environmental Nucleic Acids....Pages 219-259
Metagenome Analyses....Pages 261-286
DNA Microarrays for Bacterial Genotyping....Pages 287-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-320
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