1 edition of The Prokaryotes found in the catalog.
Published
2013
by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer in Berlin, Heidelberg
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Written in English
The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters. Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools. The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process. The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.
Edition Notes
| Statement | edited by Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt, Fabiano Thompson |
| Contributions | DeLong, Edward F., Lory, Stephen, Stackebrandt, Erko, Thompson, Fabiano, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| LC Classifications | QR1-502 |
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| Format | [electronic resource] : |
| Pagination | XX, 528 p. 182 illus., 88 illus. in color. eReference. |
| Number of Pages | 528 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL27083402M |
| ISBN 10 | 9783642301230 |
Prokaryotes were the first forms of life on Earth, and they existed for billions of years before plants and animals appeared. The Earth and its moon are thought to be about billion years old. This estimate is based on evidence from radiometric dating of meteorite material together with other substrate material from Earth and the moon. Taxonomy of Prokaryotes, edited by two leading experts in the field, presents the most appropriate up-to-date experimental approaches in the detail required for modern microbiological research. Focusing on the methods most useful for the microbiologist interested in this specialty, this Author: Elsevier Science.
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Phytopathogenic Prokaryotes, Volume 2, provides an understanding of the diversity and complexity of diseases caused by these organisms. It is part of a two-volume treatise that summarizes current research on phytopathogenic prokaryotes. The book is organized into five parts. Part I describes the movement of pathogens from one host to : Mark Mount. Immediately download the Prokaryote summary, chapter-by-chapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more - everything you need for studying or .
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Most articles have photos and are richly referenced. Any microbiologist can browse through the book (even in areas he or she knows well), learn something, and enjoy it." (ASM News, Vol. 58, November, ) "The Prokaryotes, as its subtitle indicates, seeks to be a handbook on the biology of bacteria. The Prokaryotes Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and The Archaea.
Editor-in-chief: Rosenberg, Eugene DeLong, E.F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (Eds.) About this book Designed as an upper-level textbook and a reference for researchers, this important book concentrates on central concepts of the bacterial lifestyle.
Taking a refreshingly new approach, it present an integrated view of the prokaryotic cell as an organism and as a. Rosenberg et al. (eds.), The Prokaryotes – Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochem istry, DOI /_74, # Springer-V The Prokaryotes book Berlin Heidelberg. The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea.
This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.
Laurence A. Cole, in Biology of Life, Prokaryotic Life. Prokaryotes are a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and archaea. Prokaryote life seemingly started just over 4 billion years ago, feeding off the early carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, steam, nitrogen, hydrogen.
The Prokaryotes The Prokaryotes book by far the most comprehensive treatise in microbiology available today. In summary, this is an impressive work of more than specialists that should be of great interest to all microbiologists. A very thorough index with extensive cross reference facilities the finding of the topics of interest for the eventual reader."5/5(1).
Written in accessible text using colorful illustrations, this book explains how cells are the basic unit of life for all living things. Given the opportunity to identify and understand each part of the cell and its specific function, students will be able to easily grasp the fundamentals of biology.
As the author of a number of science books for young adults, the author uses straightforward Reviews: 1. About this book. Introduction. The first edition of The Prokaryotes, published intook a bold step to become the most comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedic handbook on prokaryotes.
Another important step was taken with the second edition inwhen the chapters were organized on the basis of the molecular phylogeny as a rational. The revised Third Edition of The Prokaryotes, acclaimed as a classic reference in the field, offers new and updated articles by experts from around the world on taxa of relevance to medicine, ecology and industry.
Entries combine phylogenetic and systematic data with insights into genetics, physiology and application. Existing entries have been revised to incorporate rapid progress and 4/5(4).
Phytopathogenic Prokaryotes, Volume 2, provides an understanding of the diversity and complexity of diseases caused by these organisms. It is part of a two-volume treatise that summarizes current research on phytopathogenic prokaryotes. The book is organized into five parts.
Part I describes the movement of pathogens from one host to another. Prokaryotes, on the other hand, have existed for at least billion years before and were the first form of life on Earth.
Prokaryotes. These primitive cells have a nucleoid but lack a nuclear membrane. Prokaryotes come under the kingdom ‘Monera’. They are divided into two major subkingdoms.
Purchase Taxonomy of Prokaryotes, Volume 38 - 1st Edition. Print Book & E-Book. ISBNEXERCISE 7 The Prokaryotes Organisms like bacteria, methanogens, and blue-green algae have cells lacking the membrane-bound nucleus found in protozoans, plants, and animals.
Instead their single, circular DNA strand is often concentrated in an unbound nuclear region, called a File Size: KB. : prokaryotes. Skip to main content. Try Prime All Go Search EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart.
Best Sellers Gift Ideas New Releases Whole. Etymology. The term prokaryote (plural: prokaryotes) came from the Latin pro, meaning “in favour of” or “on behalf of” and káry(on), meaning “nut“, “kernel”.The term prokaryotic is a derived word and used to refer to a e: eukaryote.
Variant: procaryote. Prokaryotic cell. Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that lack a well-defined nucleus. The Prokaryotes book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers.
The revised Third Edition of The Prokaryotes, acclaimed as a classic refer 5/5(3). Prokaryote Habitats, Relationships, and Microbiomes. Proteobacteria. Nonproteobacteria Gram-Negative Bacteria and Phototrophic Bacteria. Gram-Positive Bacteria. Deeply Branching Bacteria.
Review Questions. Multiple Choice. Fill in the Blank. Critical Thinking. 5 The Eukaryotes of. The third edition of The Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotes covers the basic principles of prokaryotic physiology, biochemistry, and cell behavior.
It presents microbial metabolism in the context of the chemical and physical problems that cells must solve in order to grow/5. Cell Size. At to μm in diameter, prokaryotic cells are significantly smaller than eukaryotic cells, which have diameters ranging from 10 to μm ().The prokaryotes' small size allows ions and organic molecules that enter them to quickly diffuse to other parts of the cell.
Characteristics of prokaryotic cells. Surface area-to-volume ratio. Universal features of cells. Characteristics of prokaryotic cells. Surface area-to-volume ratio.
If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website. Practice: Prokaryotes and eukaryotes.As in most areas of molecular biology, studies of E.
coli have provided the model for subsequent investigations of transcription in eukaryotic cells. As reviewed in Chapter 3, mRNA was discovered first in E. coli. E. coli was also the first organism from which RNA polymerase was purified and studied.
The basic mechanisms by which transcription is regulated were likewise elucidated by Cited by: 3.Prokaryotes and the Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen is a very important element for life because it is part of proteins and nucleic acids.
It is a macronutrient, and in nature, it is recycled from organic compounds to ammonia, ammonium ions, nitrate, nitrite, and nitrogen gas by myriad processes, many of which are carried out only by prokaryotes.
