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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

Firmicutes (Gram-Positive Bacteria)
Firmicutes with Low GC Content of DNA
The Genera Staphylococcus and Macrococcus
The Genus Streptococcus'Oral
Medically Important Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae
The Genus Enterococcus Taxonomy
Enterococcus [Medical Importance]
The Genus Lactococcus
Genera Pediococcus and Tetragenococcus
Genera Leucostoc, Oenococcus, and Weissella
The Genera Lactobacillus and Carnobacterium
Listeria and Relatives
The Genus Brochothrix
The Genus Erysipelothrix
The Genus Gemella
The Genus Kurthia
The Genus Bacillus
Nonmedical
The Genus Bacillus
Insect Pathogens
The Genus Bacillus
Medical
Genera Related to the Genus Bacillus
Sporolactobacillus, Sporosarcina, Planococcus, Filibacter, and Caryophanon
An Introduction to the Family Clostridiaceae
Neurotoxigenic Clostridia
The Enterotoxic Clostridia
Clostridium perfingens and Histotoxic Disease
The Genera Desulfitobacterium and Desulfosporosinus
The Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci
The Order Haloanaerobiales
The Genus Eubacterium and Related Genera
The Genus Mycoplasma and Related Genera (Class Mollicutes)
The Plant Pathogenic Spiroplasmas
Firmicutes with Atypical Cell Walls
The Family Heliobacteriaceae
Pectinatus, Megasphaera, and Zymophilus
The Genus Selenomonas
The Genus Sporomusa
The Family Lachnospiraceae, including the Genera Butyrivibrio, Lachnospira and Roseburia
The Genus Veillonella
Syntrophomonadaceae
Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria
Isolation, Purification, and Identification
Cyanobacteria: Ecology, Physiology, and Molecular Genetics
Prochlorococcus
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