Microbial Evolution

by Miller, Robert V.; Day, Martin J.

• ISBN13: 9781555812713
• ISBN10: 1555812716
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Textbook presents fundamental topics crucial to the understanding of microbial evolution. Features the form and function of the microbial genome with its ability to evolve upon exposure to internal and external molecular processes. Each chapter is fully referenced with summaries and review questions. DNLM: Genetics, Microbial.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
I. INTRACELLULAR MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING DIVERSITY	1	(108)
1. Mutagenesis and DNA Repair: The Consequences of Error and Mechanisms for Remaining the Same
John R. Battista and Ashlee M. Earl	3	(18)
2. RecA-Dependent Mechanisms for the Generation of Genetic Diversity
Steven J. Sandler and Klaus Nüsslein	21	(15)
3. Nonhomologous Recombination
François Cornet and Michael Chandler	36	(31)
4. Gene Duplication and Gene Loading
Renato Fani	67	(15)
5. Multiple Chromosomes
Chris Mackenzie, Samuel Kaplan, and Madhusudan Choudhary	82	(20)
6. Generating Intracellular Processes
Martin J. Day and Robert V. Miller	102	(7)
II. INTERCELLULAR MECHANISMS FOR GENE MOVEMENT	109	(70)
7. Bacterial Conjugation: Cell-Cell Contact-Dependent Horizontal Gene Spread
Günther Koraimann	111	(14)
8. Conjugative and Mobilizable Transposons
Abigail A. Salvers, Gabrielle Whittle, and Nadja B. Shoemaker	125	(19)
9. Bacteriophage-Mediated Transduction: An Engine for Change and Evolution
Robert V. Miller	144	(14)
10. Transformation
Martin J. Day	158	(15)
11. Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Real World
Robert V. Miller and Martin J. Day	173	(6)
III. MECHANISMS FOR GENE ESTABLISHMENT AND SURVIVAL	179	(116)
12. Stationary-Phase-Induced Mutagenesis: Is Directed Mutagenesis Alive and Well within Neo-Darwinian Theory?
Ronald E. Yasbin and Mario Pedraza-Reyes	181	(11)
13. Temporal Segregation: Succession in Biofilms
Susse Kirkelund Hansen and Søren Molin	192	(22)
14. Spatial Segregation: The Deep Subsurface Story
David L. Balkwill	214	(17)
15. Are You Out There? Intercellular Signaling in the Microbial World
Mike Manefield, Sarah L. Turner, Andrew K. Lilley, and Mark J. Bailey	231	(18)
16. Gene Associations in Bacterial Pathogenesis: Pathogenicity Islands and Genomic Deletions
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam	249	(26)
17. Strategies in Antagonistic and Cooperative Interactions
Angela E. Douglas	275	(15)
18. Why Are Genes Lost? Why Do Genes Persist?
Martin J. Day and Robert V. Miller	290	(5)
IV. MECHANISMS FOR DETECTING GENOMIC DIVERSITY	295	(67)
19. Horizontal Transfer, Genomic Diversity, and Genomic Differentiation
Roger Milkman	297	(22)
20. Horizontal Gene Transfer and Prokaryotic Genome Evolution
I. King Jordan and Emene V. Koonin	319	(20)
21. What Makes a Bacterial Species? When Molecular Sequence Data Are Used, Is rRNA Enough?
Lorraine G. van Waasbergen	339	(18)
22. Can We Understand Bacterial Phylogeny, and Does It Make Any Difference Anyway?
Robert V. Miller and Martin J. Day	357	(5)
Index	362