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Asm Bks.: Principles of Microbial Diversity by James W. Brown (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherASM Press

ISBN-101555814425

ISBN-139781555814427

eBay Product ID (ePID)203599867

Product Key Features

Number of Pages406 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePrinciples of Microbial Diversity

SubjectLife Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorJames W. Brown

SeriesAsm Bks.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-000523

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"We desperately needed a book that climbs the big tree, branch by branch, written both for undergraduates and as a reference. Principles of Microbial Diversity is that book!"-Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Frederick Phineas Rose Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University"What an absolutely fabulous book! Jim Brown captures the excitement and transformative impact that microbial diversity has brought to the field of microbiology in a text appropriate for students. Principles of Microbial Diversity belongs on every microbiologist's bookshelf." - Hazel A. Barton; Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of Akron, "We desperately needed a book that climbs the big tree, branch by branch, written both for undergraduates and as a reference. Principles of Microbial Diversity is that book!" --Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Frederick Phineas Rose Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University "What an absolutely fabulous book! Jim Brown captures the excitement and transformative impact that microbial diversity has brought to the field of microbiology in a text appropriate for students. Principles of Microbial Diversity belongs on every microbiologist's bookshelf." --Hazel A. Barton; Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of Akron, "We desperately needed a book that climbs the big tree, branch by branch, written both for undergraduates and as a reference. Principles of Microbial Diversity is that book!"Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Frederick Phineas Rose Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University"What an absolutely fabulous book! Jim Brown captures the excitement and transformative impact that microbial diversity has brought to the field of microbiology in a text appropriate for students. Principles of Microbial Diversity belongs on every microbiologist's bookshelf." - Hazel A. Barton; Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of Akron, "We desperately needed a book that climbs the big tree, branch by branch, written both for undergraduates and as a reference. Principles of Microbial Diversity is that book!"--Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Frederick Phineas Rose Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University"What an absolutely fabulous book! Jim Brown captures the excitement and transformative impact that microbial diversity has brought to the field of microbiology in a text appropriate for students. Principles of Microbial Diversity belongs on every microbiologist's bookshelf." - Hazel A. Barton; Associate Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of Akron

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal579

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface About the Author Section I Introduction to Microbial Diversity 1. What Is Microbial Diversity? 2. Context and Historical Baggage 3. Phylogenetic Information 4. Constructing a Phylogenetic Tree 5. Tree Construction Complexities 6. Alternatives to Small-Subunit rRNA Analysis 7. The Tree of Life Section II The Microbial Zoo 8. Primitive Thermophilic Bacteria 9. Green Phototrophic Bacteria 10. Proteobacteria 11. Gram-Positive Bacteria 12. Spirochetes and Bacteroids 13. Deinococci, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes 14. Bacterial Phyla with Few or No Cultivated Species 15. Archaea 16. Eukaryotes 17. Viruses and Prions Section III Microbial Populations 18. Identification of Uncultivated Organisms 19. Sequence-Based Microbial Surveys 20. Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Surveys 21. Molecular Fingerprinting of Microbial Populations 22. Linking Phenotype and Phylotype Section IV Conclusion: The Phylogenetic Perspective 23. Genomics, Comparative Genomics, and Metagenomics 24. Origins and Early Evolution Index

SynopsisFills an empty niche in microbiology teaching materials, and provides a practical guide to microbial diversity from a phylogenetic perspective, from construction and interpretation of evolutionary trees to explorations of the current literature, basic methods, and future areas of "real-world" exploration., Every speck of dust, drop of water, and grain of soil and each part of every plant and animal contain their own worlds of microbes. Designed as a key text for upper-level undergraduates majoring in microbiology, genetics, or biology, Principles of Microbial Diversity provides a solid curriculum for students to explore the enormous range of biological diversity in the microbial world. Within these richly illustrated pages, author and professor James W. Brown provides a practical guide to microbial diversity from a phylogenetic perspective in which students learn to construct and interpret evolutionary trees from DNA sequences. He then offers a survey of the "tree of life" that establishes the necessary basic knowledge about the microbial world. Finally, the author draws the student's attention to the universe of microbial diversity with focused studies of the contributions that specific organisms make to the ecosystem. Principles of Microbial Diversity fills an empty niche in microbiology textbooks by providing an engaging, cutting-edge view of the "microbial zoo" that exists around us, covering bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, and viruses.

LC Classification NumberQR73.B76 2014