Microbial diversity and bioprospecting /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bull, Alan T.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Microbial diversity.
Microbial ecology.
Biotechnology.
Microbial genetics.
Ecosystem.
Microbiology.
Variation (Genetics)
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Biotechnology, the Art of Exploiting Biology
  • 2. An Overview of Biodiversity—Estimating the Scale
  • 3. Defining Microbial Diversity—the Species Concept for Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microorganisms
  • 4. Speciation and Bacterial Phylospecies
  • 5. Approaches to Identification
  • 6. Eukaryotic Diversity—a Synoptic View
  • 7. How To Look, Where To Look
  • 8. Culture-Dependent Microbiology
  • 9. Culture-Independent Microbiology
  • 10. Resuscitation of “Uncultured” Microorganisms
  • 11. Soils—the Metagenomics Approach
  • 12. Deep Biospheres
  • 13. Earth's Icy Biosphere
  • 14. Extremophiles: pH, Temperature, and Salinity
  • 15. Extremophiles: Pressure
  • 16. Life in Extremely Dilute Environments: the Major Role of Oligobacteria
  • 17. Anaerobes: the Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria as an Example of Metabolic Diversity
  • 18. Microbes from Marine Sponges: a Treasure Trove of Biodiversity for Natural Products Discovery
  • 19. Invertebrates—Insects
  • 20. Microbial Symbioses with Plants
  • 21. Ubiquitous Dispersal of Free-Living Microorganisms
  • 22. Microbial Endemism and Biogeography
  • 23. Mapping Microbial Biodiversity Case Study: the Yellowstone National Park Microbial Database and Map Server
  • 24. The Paradigm Shift in Microbial Prospecting
  • 25. Genomics
  • 26. Bacterial Proteomics
  • 27. Phenomics
  • 28. Phylogeny and Functionality: Taxonomy as a Roadmap to Genes
  • 29. Sectors and Markets
  • 30. Screening for Bioactivity
  • 31. Antimicrobials
  • 32. Pharmacologically Active Agents of Microbial Origin
  • 33. Bioprospecting for Industrial Enzymes: Importance of Integrated Technology Platforms for Successful Biocatalyst Development
  • 34. Plant Growth-Promoting Agents
  • 35. Biotreatment
  • 36. Bioprospecting Novel Antifoulants and Anti-Biofilm Agents from Microbes
  • 37. Extinction and the Loss of Evolutionary History
  • 38. What Is the Evidence for the Loss of Microbial Diversity?
  • 39. The Convention on Biological Diversity and Benefit Sharing
  • 40. The Historical Context of Present Bioprospecting—Four Cases
  • 41. Biodiversity Prospecting: the INBio Experience
  • 42. Contracts for Bioprospecting: the Yellowstone National Park Experience
  • 43. Natural Products Research Partnerships with Multiple Objectives in Global Biodiversity Hot Spots: Nine Years of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups Program
  • 44. The Value of Biodiversity.

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