Prokaryotic diversity : mechanisms and significance : Sixty-Sixth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the University of Warwick, April 2006 / edited by N.A. Logan, H.M. Lappin-Scott & P.C.F. Oyston.

"Published for the Society for General Microbiology."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microbial diversity in the era of genomics / R.R. Colwell -- Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity / M.C. Horner-Devine, J. Green, B.J.M. Bohannan -- A putative RNA-interference-based immune system in prokaryotes : the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity / E.V. Koonin and others] -- The significance of prokaryote diversity in the human gastrointestinal tract / H.J. Flint -- The genetics of phenotypic innovation / H.J.E. Beaumont [and others] -- Minimal genomes required for life / R. Gil, V. Perez-Brocal, A. Latorre, A. Moya -- Evolution of the core of genes / V. Daubin, E. Lerat -- Biogeographical diversity of archaeal viruses / K.M. Stedman, A. Clore, Y. Combet-Blanc -- Is there a link between chlamydia and heart disease? / L.A. Campbell, C.-C. Kuo -- Unculturable oral bacteria / W.G. Wade -- Comparative genomics -- what do such studies tell us about the emergence and spread of key pathogens? / R.W. Titball, M. Duffield -- Spread of genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains / J. Klockgether, O.N. Reva, B. Tümmler -- Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria / A. Morningstar [and others] -- Unusual micro-organisms from unusual habitats : hypersaline environments / A. Ventosa -- Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways / S. Lacour, M. Gaillard, J.R. van der Meer -- Horizontal gene transfer and its role in the emergence of new phenotypes / A.M. Osborn.

Research level survey of bacterial diversity; from mechanisms to their role in key environmental processes.

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