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- Unique collection of the most widely used DNA-based methods for bacterial systematics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Identification, Systematics, and Population Structure of Prokaryotes
Editors: Erko Stackebrandt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31292-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-23155-4Published: 08 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06214-8Published: 02 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31292-5Published: 08 September 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 320
Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations
Topics: Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Microbial Ecology