Microbial Genomes

Foreword by J. Craig Venter; Part I. Introduction; 1 History of Microbial Genomics Hamilton O. Smith; Part II: Bioinformatics as a Tool in Genomics; 2 Tools for Gene Finding and Whole Genome Comparison Steven L. Saizberg and Arthur L. Delcher; 3 Bacterial Genome Annotation at TIGR Owen White; 4 Bioinformatics and Microbial Pathogenesis Fiona S. L. Brinkman and Joanna L. Fueyo; Part III: Core Functions; 5 Comparative Microbial Metabolism Karen E. Nelson; 6 Genomic Analysis of Membrane Transport Ian Paulsen, Kathy Lee, Mark Hance, and Qinghu Ren; 7 Genomics-Based Analysis of the Bacterial Cell Cycle Michael Laub, Harley H. McAdams, and Lucy Shapiro; 8 Integration of Genomics in the Drug Discovery Process Jacques Ravel; Part IV: The Evolution of Microbial Genomes; 9 A Brief History on Views of Prokaryotic Evolution and Taxonomy J. Peter Gogarten, Lorraine Olendzenski, and Olga Zhaxybayeva; 10 How Bacterial Genomes Change Timothy D. Read and Garry S. A. Myers; 11 Concepts of Bacterial Biodiversity for the Age of Genomics Frederick M. Cohan; 12 Co-Evolution of Symbionts and Pathogens with their Hosts Robert A. Feldman; Part V: A Survey of Microbial Genomes; 13 A Survey of Plant Pathogen Genomes Carol Robin Buell; 14 Photosynthetic Bacteria F. Robert Tabita and Thomas E. Hanson; 15 Genomics of Thermophiles Frank T. Robb; 16 The Genomes of Pathogenic Enterobacteria Julian Parkhill and Nicholas R. Thomson; 17 Obligate Intracellular Pathogens Siv G. E. Andersson; 18 Low GC Gram Positive Genomes Steven Gill; 19 Genomics of Actinobacteria, the High G+C of Gram-Positive Bacteria Stewart T. Cole, Stephen D. Bentley, Roland Brosch, Stephen V. Gordon, and David A. Hopwood; 20 Parasite Genomes Malcolm J. Gardner; 21 Bacteriophage Bioinformatics Derrick Fouts; 22 Genome Sequence of an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Shiladitya DasSarma; Part VI: Applications of Genomic Data; 23 Microarrays, Expression Analysis, and Bacterial Genomes Carsten Rosenow and Brian Tjaden; 24 Microbial Population Genomics and Ecology: A New Frontier Edward F. Delong; 25 Application of Genomics to Biocatalysis & Biodegratation Lawrence P. Wackett; 26 Applications of Genomic Data-Enzyme Discovery and Microbial Genomics Robert M. Kelly and Keith R. Shockley; 27 A Genomic Approach to Vaccine Development Rino Rappouli, Vega Masignani, Mariagrazia Pizza, Guido Grandi, and John L. Telford; 28 Bacterial Proteomics Svend Birkelund, Brian B. Vandahl, Allan C. Shaw, and Gunna Christiansen