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Title Predatory prokaryotes : biology, ecology and evolution / volume editor, Edouard Jurkevitch
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Microbiology monographs, 1862-5576 ; 4
Microbiology monographs ; 4. 1862-5576
Contents A brief history of short bacteria: a chronicle of Bdellovibrio (and like organisms) research / E. Jurkevitch -- Phylogenetic diversity and evolution of predatory prokaryotes / E. Jurkevitch, Y. Davidov -- Predation on bacteria and bacterial resistance mechanism: comparative aspects among different predator groups in aquatic systems / K. Jurgens -- Mathematical modelling of predatory preokaryotes / M.H.F. Wilkinson -- Bdellovibrio and like organisms: potential sources for new biochemicals and therapeutic agents? / E. Strauch, S. Beck, B. Appel -- Genomic analysis and molecular biology of predatory prokaryotes / J.J. Tudor, M.P. McCann -- The search for hunters: culture-dependent and -independent methods for analysis of bdellovibrio and like organisms / S.F. Koval -- Ecology of the predatory bdellovibrio and like organisms / H.N. Williams, S. Pineiro
Summary Predatory Prokaryotes focuses on the ecology of predation at the microbial level. It aims to increase the awareness of the great possibilities that predation between microbes offer for studying and discussing basic ecological and general biological concepts. This volume contains chapters on the diversity, ecology and phylogeny of predatory prokaryotes, introducing models of predator-prey interactions between microorganisms and presenting analyses of the impact of predation in microbial systems. Laboratory work with Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), the most studied predatory bacteria, is presented through accounts of the cultivation and the molecular techniques used for studying BALOs. A first comparative analysis of different BALO genomes is also provided. Further chapters discuss the chemotactic, regulatory and sensory circuits of these ubiquitous predatory bacteria. Finally, the unique biochemicals used as building blocks and new proteins found in BALO cell walls are reviewed
Analysis microbial ecology
microbiologie
microbiology
levenswetenschappen
life sciences
Biology (General)
Biologie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Springer e-books
Subject Prokaryotes.
Prokaryotes -- Physiology.
Predation (Biology)
Prokaryotic Cells -- physiology
Bdellovibrio -- physiology
Predatory Behavior
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
Prokaryotes -- Physiology.
Prokaryotes.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Predation (Biology)
Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes -- Physiology
Form Electronic book
Author Jurkevitch, Edouard.
ISBN 9783540385820
3540385827
3540385770
9783540385776
6610727414
9786610727414