The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria: Proteobacteria: Alpha And Beta Subclass

by Dworkin, Martin M.; Falkow, Stanley; Rosenberg, Eugene; Schleifer, Karl-Heinz; Stackebrandt, Erko

• ISBN13: 9780387254951
• ISBN10: 0387254951
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

With the launch of its first electronic edition, The Prokaryotes, the definitive reference on the biology of bacteria, enters an exciting new era of information delivery. Subscription-based access is available. The electronic version begins with an online implementation of the content found in the printed reference work, The Prokaryotes, Second Edition. The content is being fully updated over a five-year period until the work is completely revised. Thereafter, material will be continuously added to reflect developments in bacteriology. This online version features information retrieval functions and multimedia components.

Author Biography

Martin Dworkin: Emeritus Professor of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, USAMajor research area: Developmental Biology and Social Behavior of Myxococcus xanthusSelected awards and honors: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology; Sackler Scholar, Tel Aviv University; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Roger Porter Award for Microbial Diversity- American Society for MicrobiologyStanley Falkow: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA; Former Assistant Chief of the Department of Bacterial Immunology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchSelected awards and honors: Member of the National Academy of Sciences; President of the American Society for Microbiology from July 1997 through June 1998; Robert Koch Award from German Government; Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Microbiology; Several honorary doctorates in Europe and the USEugene Rosenberg: Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel; Associate Professor at the Department of Bacteriology & Institute of Molecular Biology, University of California at Los Angeles (1967-1970); Member of the Israel Committee for Emerging DiseasesSelected awards and honors: Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Professor MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts; Pan Lab Award, Society of Industrial Microbiology, San DiegoKarl-Heinz Schleifer: Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, GermanyAwards and Honors: Full Member of Bergey-¦s Manual Trust; President of the International Union of Microbiological Societies; K+¦rber Award for European Scientific Research; Award of the Society of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine; Ferdinand-Cohn-Medal Erko Stackebrandt: Professor of Microbiology at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, and Director of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany; Professor of Microbiology Department, University of Kiel, Germany (1984-1990); Professor of Microbiology and Department Head at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (1990-1993)Selected awards and honors: Associate Member of Bergey-¦s Manual Trust (1990-1997); Bergey's Award

Table of Contents

Proteobacteria

Introduction to the Proteobacteria

Alpha Subclass

The Phototrophic Alpha-Proteobacteria

The Genera Prosthecommicrobium and Ancalamicrobium

Dimorphic Prosthecate Bacteria

The Genus Agrobacterium

The Genus Azospirillum

The Genus Herbaspirillum

The Genus Beijerinckia

The Family Acetobacteraceae: The Genera Acetobacter, Acidomonas, Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter and Kozakia

The Genus Zymomonas

The Manganese-Oxidizing Bacteria

The Genus Paracoccus

The Genus Phenylobacterium

Methylobacterium

Methanotrophs--The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae

The Genus Xanthobacter

The Genus Brucella

Introduction to the Rickettsiales and Other Intracellular Prokaryotes

The Genus Bartonella

The Order Rickettsiales

The Genus Coxiella

The Genus Wolbachia

Aerobic Phototrophic Proteobacteria

The Genus Seliberia

Beta Subclass

The Phototrophic Beta-Proteobacteria

The Genus Neisseria

The Genus Bordetella

Achromobacter, Alcaligenes, and Related Genera

The Genus Spirillum

The Genus Aquaspirillum

Comamonas

The Genera Chromobacterium and Janthinobacterium

The Genera Phyllobacterium and Ochrobactrum

The Genus Derxia

The Genera Leptothrix and Sphaerotilus

The Lithotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

The Genus Thiobacillus

The Genera Simonsiella and Alysiella

Eikenella corrodens and Related Organisms

The Genus Burkholderia

Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria

The Genera Azoarcus, Azovibrio, Azospira, and Azonexus

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