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American Society for Microbiology Microbial Evolution Genew Establishment Survival And Exchange by Robert V Miller , Martin J Day
An essential introductory overview of the field of bacterial evolution. * Covers fundamental topics crucial to the understanding of microbial evolution. * Presents significant technological changes of the past decade, with discussion of and reference to the newest techniques employed in the field. * Contains a selection of study questions after each chapter, and each section concludes with a chapter summarizing highlights and themes presented in that section. * Includes general references for further reading suggestions, historical references, and specific references citing papers in a given subject area. * Serves as a text for students in the fields of microbiology and related life sciences, and as a resource for practicing microbiologists. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories. Table of ContentsSection I. Intracellular Mechanisms for Generating Diversity1. Mutation and DNA Repair: the Consequences of Error and Mechanisms for Remaining the Same, John R. Battista and Ashlee M. Earl 2. RecA-Dependent Mechanisms for the Generation of Genetic Diversity, Steven J. Sandler and Klaus Nusslein 3. Nonhomologous Recombination, Francois Cornet and Michael Chandler 4. Gene Duplication and Gene Loading, Renato Fani 5. Multiple Chromosomes, Chris Mackenzie, Samuel Kaplan, and Madhusudan Choudhary 6. Generating Intracellular Processes, Martin J. Day and Robert V. MillerSection II. Intracellular Mechanisms for Gene Movement7. Bacterial Conjugation: Cell-Cell Contact-Dependent horizontal Gene Spread, Gunther Koraimann 8. Conjugative and Mobilizable Transposons, Abigail A. Salyers, Gabrielle Whittle, and Nadja B. Shoemaker 9. Bacteriophage-Mediated Transduction: an Engine for Change and Evolution, Robert V. Miller 10. Transformation, Martin J. Day 11. Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Real World, Robert V. Miller and Martin J. DaySection III. Mechanisms for Gene Establishment and Survival12. Stationary-Phase-Induced Mutagenesis: Is Directed Mutagenesis Alive and Well within Neo-Darwinian Theory?, Ronald E. Yasbin and Mario Pedraza-Reyes 13. Temporal Segregation: Succession in Biofilms, Susse Kirkelund Hansen and Soren Molin 14. Spatial Segregation: the Deep Subsurface Story, David L. Balkwill 15. Are You Out There? Intercellular Signaling in the Microbial World, Mike Manefield, Sarah L. Turner, Andrew K. Lilley, and Mark J. Bailey 16. Gene Associations in Bacterial Pathogenesis: Pathogenicity Islands and Genomic Deletions, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam 17. Strategies in Antagonistic and Cooperative Interactions, Angela E. Douglas 18. Why Are Genes Lost? Why Do Genes Persist?, Martin J. Day and Robert V. MillerSection IV. Mechanisms for Detecting Genomic Diversity19. Horizontal Transfer, Genomic Diversity, and Genomic Differentiation, Roger Milkman 20. Horizontal Gene Transfer and Prokaryotic Genome Evolution, I. King Jordan and Eugene V. Koonin 21. What Makes a Bacterial Species? When Molecular Sequence Data Are Used, Is rRNA Enough?, Lorraine G. van Waasbergen 22. Can We Understand Bacterial Phylogeny and Does It Make Any Difference Anyway?, Robert V. Miller and Martin J. Day