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Genetics of Bacterial Diversity

Authors: David A. Hopwood, Keith F. Chater Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication date: 2012 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 466 Publication formats: EAN: 9780080984087 ISBN: 9780080984087 Category: Molecular biology Bacteriology (non-medical) Genetics (non-medical) Publisher's index: C2009-0-02795-0 Bibliographic note: -

Description

While other texts in this area deal almost solely with the "workhorse strain" Escherischia coli, Genetics of Bacterial Diversity is the first to deal with genetics and molecular biology of the wide range of other bacteria, which carry out a whole spectrum of important scientific, medical, agricultural, and biotechnological activities. Taking genetic diversity as its theme it illustrates a range of interesting phenomena such as genetic systems controlling pathogenicity, symbiosis, chemotaxis, metabolic characteristics, and differentiation. With each chapter written by acknowledged experts, this definitive book contains up-to-the-minute information on this rapidly developing field.
Written by leading experts, this text--aimed at graduate-level students and above--describes the genetics and molecular biology of a wide range of bacteria.

TOC

  • Front Cover 2
  • Genetics of Bacterial Diversity 5
  • Copyright Page 6
  • Contributors 7
  • Preface 9
  • Table of Contents 13
  • Section I: Introductory Chapters: The Diversity of Bacteria and of Bacterial Genetics 19
    • Chapter 1. Bacterial Diversity: The Range of Interesting Things that Bacteria Do 21
      • II. Ecological Niches 22
      • I. Introduction 22
      • III. Towards a Phylogeny of Bacteria 25
      • IV. Reinvention Throughout the Phylogenetic Tree 30
      • V. Some Unexpected Attributes of Bacteria 34
      • VI. Conclusion 36
      • Acknowledgements 38
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