Research Catalog

Title

Prokaryotic diversity : mechanisms and significance : Sixty-sixth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology, held at the University of Warwick April 2006 / edited by N.A. Logan, H.M. Lappin-Scott & P.C.F. Oyston.

Author

Society for General Microbiology. Symposium (66th : 2006 : University of Warwick)

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Logan, Niall A.
• Lappin-Scott, Hilary M.
• Oyston, Petra C. F.

Description

x, 302 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

SGM symposium 66

Subjects

• Microbial diversity > Congresses
• Congress
• Biodiversiteit
• Genomics
• Genetic Variation
• Prokaryotes > Genetics > Congresses
• Prokaryoten
• Prokaryotes > Congresses
• Prokaryotic Cells

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Published for the Society for General Microbiology."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Microbial diversity in the era of genomics / R. R. Colwell -- Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity / M. C. Horner-Devine, J. Green, B. J. M. Bohannan -- A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes : the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity / E. V. Koonin ... et al.] -- The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract / H. J. Flint -- The genetics of phenotypic innovation / H. J. E. Beaumont ... [et al.] -- Minimal genomes required for life / R. Gil, V. Perez-Brocal, A. Latorre, A. Moya -- Evolution of the core of genes / V. Daubin, E. Lerat -- Biogeographical diversity of archaeal viruses / K. M. Stedman, A. Clore, Y. Combet-Blanc -- Is there a link between chlamydia and heart disease? / L. A. Campbell, C.-C. Kuo -- Unculturable oral bacteria / W. G. Wade -- Comparative genomics - what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens? / R. W. Titball, M. Duffield -- Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains / J. Klockgether, O. N. Reva, B. Tümmler -- Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria / A. Morningstar ... [et al.] -- Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats : hypersaline environments / A. Ventosa -- Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways / S. Lacour, M. Gaillard, J. R. van der Meer -- Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes / A. M. Osborn.

ISBN

0521869358

LCCN

9780521869355

OCLC

• 67765136
• ocm67765136
• SCSB-5273552

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries