Microbial Diversity in Time and Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Microbial Biodiversity-Global Aspects

   • Rita R. Colwell

   Pages 1-11

3. Importance of Community Relationships in Biodiversity

   • Hiroya Kawanabe

   Pages 13-18

4. From Strains to Domains

   • Erko Stackebrandt

   Pages 19-24

5. Diversity of Viruses

   • Masakazu Hatanaka

   Pages 25-31

6. The Evolution of Fungal Diversity

   • Amy Y. Rossman

   Pages 33-39

7. Fungal Diversity and Phylogeny with Emphasis on 18S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Divergence

   • Junta Sugiyama, Takahiko Nagahama, Hiromi Nishida

   Pages 41-51

8. Algal Diversity and Evolution

   • Hiroshi Oyaizu, Shigeto Ohtsuka

   Pages 53-63

9. Symbiosis in Termites

   • Ikuo Yamaoka

   Pages 65-70

10. The Role of Microorganisms in TRI-Trophic Interactions in Systems Consisting of Plants, Herbivores, and Carnivores

    • Marcel Dicke

    Pages 71-84

11. Sensitivity Analysis in Microbial Communities

    • H. Nakajima, Z. Kawabata

    Pages 85-91

12. Intracellular Symbiosis in Insects

    • Hajime Ishikawa

    Pages 93-100

13. Evolutionary Relationships of Catabolic Functions in Soil Bacteria

    • Kensuke Furukawa, Nobutada Kimura, Jun Hirose

    Pages 101-107

14. Adaptation of Soybean Bradyrhizobia to the Brazilian Edaphic Savannahs

    • M. Cristina P. Neves, Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Norma G. Rumjanek

    Pages 109-114

15. Viruses and DNA in Marine Environments

    • John H. Paul, Christina A. Kellogg, Sunny C. Jiang

    Pages 115-124

16. Diversity of Naturally Occurring Prokaryotes

    • E. F. De Long

    Pages 125-133

17. The Internet and Microbial Ecology

    • Masao Nasu

    Pages 135-139

18. Image Analysis of Bacterial Cell Size and Diversity

    • Kenji Kato

    Pages 141-147

19. Microbial Diversity and the Cycling of Nitrogen in Soil Ecosystems

    • Tohru Ueda, Kazuyuki Inubushi

    Pages 149-155

20. The Role of Microbial Diversity in the Cycling of Elements. (Summary of Workshop)

    • Rita R. Colwell

    Pages 157-159

The symposium, "Microbial Diversity in Time and Space," was held in the Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, October 24-26, 1994. The symposium was organized under the auspices of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology and co-sponsored by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), International Committee on Microbial Ecology (ICOME), and the Japanese Society of Ecology. The aim of the symposium was to stress the importance of the global role of microorganisms in developing and maintaining biodiversity. Twenty-four speakers from seven countries presented papers in the symposium and in the workshop, "Microbial Diversity and Cycling of Bioelements," that followed the symposium. Papers presented at the symposium are published in this proceedings. Discussions of the workshop, which were energetic and enthusiastic, are also summarized in this proceedings. The symposium provided an opportunity to address the role of microorganisms in global cycles and as the basic support ofbiodiversity on the planet. Previously unrecognized as both contributing to and sustaining biodiversity, microorganisms are now considered to be primary elements of, and a driving force in, biodiversity. Financial support was provided for the symposium by the CIBA GEIGY Foundation for the Promotion of Science, Naito Foundation, and the Uchida Foundation of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. Support from these foundations is gratefully acknowledged. CONTENTS Microbial Biodiversity-Global Aspects ................................. 1 Rita R. Colwell 2. Importance of Community Relationships in Biodiversity ...................

• DNA
• cyclin
• ecosystem
• environment
• microorganism
• nitrogen
• virus

• University of Maryland, College Park

  R. R. Colwell

• Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

  Usio Simidu

• University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  Kouichi Ohwada

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