4th ed. 2013 Edition
by Eugene Rosenberg (Editor), Edward F. DeLong (Editor), Erko Stackebrandt (Editor), Stephen Lory (Editor), Fabiano Thompson (Editor)
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
