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The Prokaryotes

A Handbook on Habitats, Isolation and Identification of Bacteria

Editors:

  1. Mortimer P. Starr

    1. Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Davis, USA

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  2. Heinz Stolp

    1. Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

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  3. Hans G. Trüper

    1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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  4. Albert Balows

    1. Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA

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  5. Hans G. Schlegel

    1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (87 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-xxxviii
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  2. Introductory Essays

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Prokaryote Diversity

      • Mortimer P. Starr, Jean M. Schmidt
      Pages 3-42

    3. Prokaryotes and their Habitats

      • Hans G. Schlegel, Holger W. Jannasch
      Pages 43-82

    4. Bacterial Pathogenicity in Man and Animals

      • Henry D. Isenberg, Albert Balows
      Pages 83-122

    5. Prokaryotes as Plant Pathogens

      • Mortimer P. Starr
      Pages 123-134

    6. Principles of Isolation, Cultivation, and Conservation of Bacteria

      • Heinz Stolp, Mortimer P. Starr
      Pages 135-175

    7. Principles of Characterization and Identification of Prokaryotes

      • Hans G. Trüper, Johannes Krämer
      Pages 176-193

  3. The Phototrophic Prokaryotes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Introduction to the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

      • Roger Y. Stanier, Norbert Pfennig, Hans G. Trüper
      Pages 197-211

    3. Isolation and Purification of Cyanobacteria: Some General Principles

      • Rosmarie Rippka, John B. Waterbury, Roger Y. Stanier
      Pages 212-220

    4. Isolation and Growth of Cyanobacteria from Marine and Hypersaline Environments

      • John B. Waterbury, Roger Y. Stanier
      Pages 221-223

    5. Cyanobacteria: Planktonic Gas-Vacuolate Forms

      • Anthony E. Walsby
      Pages 224-235

    6. Isolation and Cultivation of Thermophilic Cyanobacteria

      • Richard W. Castenholz
      Pages 236-246

    7. Provisional Generic Assignments for Cyanobacteria in Pure Culture

      • Rosmarie Rippka, John B. Waterbury, Roger Y. Stanier
      Pages 247-256

    8. The Prochlorophytes

      • Ralph A. Lewin
      Pages 257-266

    9. Isolation of Members of the Family Rhodospirillaceae

      • Hanno Biebl, Norbert Pfennig
      Pages 267-273

    10. The Genus Ectothiorhodospira

      • Hans G. Trüper, Johannes F. Imhoff
      Pages 274-278

    11. Isolation of Members of the Families Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae

      • Norbert Pfennig, Hans G. Trüper
      Pages 279-289

    12. Isolation of Members of the Family Chloroflexaceae

      • Richard W. Castenholz, Beverly K. Pierson
      Pages 290-298
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About this book

The purpose ofthis brief Foreword is to make you, the reader, hungry for the scientific feast that follows. These two volumes on the prokary­ otes offer a truly unique scientific menu-a comprehensive assembly of articles, exhibiting the biochemical depth and remarkable physiological and morphological diversity of prokaryote life. The size of the volumes might initially discourage the unprepared mind from being attracted to the study of prokaryote life, for this landmark assemblage thoroughly documents the wealth of present knowledge. But in confronting the reader with the state of the art, the Handbook also defines where new work needs to be done on well-studied bacteria as well as on unusual or poorly studied organisms. There are basically two ways of doing research with microbes. A classical approach is first to define the phenomenon to be studied and then to select the organism accordingly. Another way is to choose a specific organism and go where it leads. The pursuit of an unusual microbe brings out the latent hunter in all of us. The intellectual chal­ lenges of the chase frequently test our ingenuity to the limit. Sometimes the quarry repeatedly escapes, but the final capture is indeed a wonder­ ful experience. For many of us, these simple rewards are sufficiently gratifying so that we have chosen to spend our scientific lives studying these unusual creatures.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Davis, USA

    Mortimer P. Starr

  • Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Stolp

  • Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Trüper

  • Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA

    Albert Balows

  • Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans G. Schlegel

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Prokaryotes

  • Book Subtitle: A Handbook on Habitats, Isolation and Identification of Bacteria

  • Editors: Mortimer P. Starr, Heinz Stolp, Hans G. Trüper, Albert Balows, Hans G. Schlegel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-13187-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXXVIII, 1258

  • Topics: Microbiology

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