Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' Preface
- Microbial diversity in the era of genomics
- Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity
- A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity
- The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract
- The genetics of phenotypic innovation
- Minimal genomes required for life
- Evolution of the core of genes
- Biogeographical diversity of archaeal viruses
- Is there a link between Chlamydia and heart disease?
- Unculturable oral bacteria
- Comparative genomics – what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens?
- Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains
- Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria
- Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats: hypersaline environments
- Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways
- Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' Preface
- Microbial diversity in the era of genomics
- Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity
- A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes: the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity
- The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract
- The genetics of phenotypic innovation
- Minimal genomes required for life
- Evolution of the core of genes
- Biogeographical diversity of archaeal viruses
- Is there a link between Chlamydia and heart disease?
- Unculturable oral bacteria
- Comparative genomics – what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens?
- Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains
- Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria
- Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats: hypersaline environments
- Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways
- Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes
- Index
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- Prokaryotic DiversityMechanisms and Significance, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006