
The Prokaryotes
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"This book . edited and written by great scientists covers essential contributions on different types of prokaryotic communities as well as on the prokaryotic functions in different environments. . This volume, as well as the whole series, should be available in every large scientific library." (Ioan I. Ardelean, Bulletin of Micro and Nanoelectrotechnologies, Vol. 5 (3-4), December, 2014)More details
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Eugene Rosenberg, Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel
Edward F. DeLong, Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Stephen Lory, Professor at Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Erko Stackebrandt, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany
Fabiano Thompson, Professor at Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Content
Preface.- Foreword.-About the Editors.- List of Contributors.- (Section 1) Prokaryotic Communities.- The Structure and Function of Microbial Communities.- Overview: Quantitative and Theoretical Microbial Population Biology.- Structure and Function of Prokaryotic Communities in Soils of Polar and High-Elevation Deserts.- Plant Rhizosphere Microbial Communities.- Tropical Soil Bacterial Communities.- Freshwater Microbial Communities.- Pelagic Prokaryotic Communities Inhabiting Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones.- Marine Deep Sediment Microbial Communities.- Sea-Ice Microbiology.- Coral Reef Microbial Communities.- (Section 2) Ecophysiology: Planktonic Versus Sessile Life of Prokaryotes .- The Phototrophic Way of Life.- The Anaerobic Way of Life.- The Chemolithotrophic Prokaryotes.- Bacterial Swimming Behavior.- Prokaryotic Life Cycles.- Life at High Temperatures.- Life at Low Temperatures.- Life at High Salt Concentrations.- Prokaryotic Alkaliphiles.- Syntrophism Among Prokaryotes.- Quorum Sensing.- Cell-Cell Interactions in Swarming and in Fruiting Body Development.