Predatory Prokaryotes

Biology, Ecology and Evolution
2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-38577-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 251 Seiten, Book w. online files / update, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

Reihe: Microbiology Monographs

Predatory Prokaryotes examines the ecology of predation at the microbial level. It aims to increase the awareness of the great possibilities that predation between microbes offer for studying and discussing basic ecological and general biological concepts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jurkevitch, Edouard

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemische Immunologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Brief History of Short Bacteria: A Chronicle of Bdellovibrio (and Like Organisms) Research.- Phylogenetic Diversity and Evolution of Predatory Prokaryotes.- Predation on Bacteria and Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms: Comparative Aspects Among Different Predator Groups in Aquatic Systems.- Mathematical Modelling of Predatory Prokaryotes.- Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms: Potential Sources for New Biochemicals and Therapeutic Agents?.- Genomic Analysis and Molecular Biology of Predatory Prokaryotes.- The Search for Hunters: Culture-Dependent and -Independent Methods for Analysis of Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms.- Ecology of the Predatory Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms.