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Prokaryotes and Evolution

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Claude Bertrand

    1. Unité Mixte de Service, UMS 3470, OSU Pythéas, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille Cedex, France

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  2. Philippe Normand

    1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne, UMR 5557, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France

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  3. Bernard Ollivier

    1. Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, Marseille, France

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  4. Télesphore Sime-Ngando

    1. Laboratoire “Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement” (LMGE), CNRS UMR 6023, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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  • Explains the role of prokaryotes in the evolution of a living world

  • Demonstrates that all past and present living beings emerged from and have interacted with prokaryotes

  • Includes examples of ongoing evolution in prokaryotes, observable at the human scale

  • Looks into the phylogeny and biodiversity of prokaryotes

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Prokaryote/Eukaryote Dichotomy and Bacteria/Archaea/Eukarya Domains: Two Inseparable Concepts

    • Jean-Claude Bertrand, Pierre Caumette, Philippe Normand, Bernard Ollivier, Télesphore Sime-Ngando
    Pages 1-21

  3. Phylogeny and Biodiversity of Prokaryotes

    • Philippe Normand, Pierre Caumette
    Pages 23-55

  4. Importance of Prokaryotes in the Functioning and Evolution of the Present and Past Geosphere and Biosphere

    • Bernard Ollivier, Nina Zeyen, Gregoire Gales, Keyron Hickman-Lewis, Frédéric Gaboyer, Karim Benzerara et al.
    Pages 57-129

  5. Evolutionary Success of Prokaryotes

    • Jean-Claude Bertrand, Patricia Bonin, Bernard Ollivier, Karine Alain, Anne Godfroy, Nathalie Pradel et al.
    Pages 131-240

  6. The Evolution of Living Beings Started with Prokaryotes and in Interaction with Prokaryotes

    • Télesphore Sime-Ngando, Jean-Claude Bertrand, Didier Bogusz, Jean-François Brugère, Claudine Franche, Marie-Laure Fardeau et al.
    Pages 241-338

  7. Evolution Underway in Prokaryotes

    • Sébastien Wielgoss, Pierre Leblond, Catherine Masson-Boivin, Philippe Normand
    Pages 339-391

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 393-396
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About this book

The purpose of this book is to show the essential and indispensable role of prokaryotes in the evolution of aliving world. The evolutionary success of prokaryotes is explained together with their role in the evolution of the geosphere, the biosphere and its functioning, as well as their ability to colonize all biotopes, including the most extreme ones. We consider that all past and present living beings emerged from prokaryotes and have interacted with them. Forces and mechanisms presented in the various theories of evolution apply to prokaryotes. The major stages of their evolution and biodiversity are also described. Finally, it is emphasized that prokaryotes are living organisms that provide indisputable evidence of evolutionary processes. Many examples of ongoing evolution in prokaryotes, observable at the human scale, are provided. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Unité Mixte de Service, UMS 3470, OSU Pythéas, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille Cedex, France

    Jean-Claude Bertrand

  • Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne, UMR 5557, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France

    Philippe Normand

  • Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, Marseille, France

    Bernard Ollivier

  • Laboratoire “Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement” (LMGE), CNRS UMR 6023, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Télesphore Sime-Ngando

About the editors

Jean-Claude Bertrand, Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie, University of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France

Philippe Normand, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeubanne, France

Bernard Ollivier, Aix-Marseille Université, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS/INSU, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France

Télesphore Sime-Ngando, Laboratory Microorganisms: Genome & Enviroment, CNRS and University Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prokaryotes and Evolution

  • Editors: Jean-Claude Bertrand, Philippe Normand, Bernard Ollivier, Télesphore Sime-Ngando

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99784-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99782-7Published: 12 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99784-1Published: 01 January 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 396

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 66 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Biodiversity

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