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The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations
By Eugene Rosenberg (editor), Erko Stackebrandt (editor), Fabiano Thompson (editor), Stephen Lory (editor) and Edward F. DeLong (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Springer Verlag
Publication date January 31, 2013
Pages 607
Binding Hardcover
Edition 4th
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9783642301407
ISBN-10 3642301401
Dimensions 1.50 by 8.75 by 11.25 in.
Weight 3.60 lbs.
Published in Europe
Original list price $779.00
Other format details sci/tech
Summaries and Reviews
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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.

The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:

Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology

Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry

Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology

Human Microbiology

Actinobacteria

Firmicutes

Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria

Gammaproteobacteria

Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria

Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea



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4th edition from Springer Verlag (January 31, 2013)
9783642301407 | details & prices | 607 pages | 8.75 × 11.25 × 1.50 in. | 3.60 lbs | List price $779.00
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Paperback
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4 pap/psc edition from Springer Verlag (February 14, 2013)
9783642301957 | details & prices | 1000 pages | List price $1163.00

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