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Bergey’s Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part A Introductory Essays

By James T. Staley , Don J. Brenner , Noel R. Krieg , R.G.E. Murray , John G. Holt (auth.) , George M. Garrity Sc.D. (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
2005
ISBN
978-0-387-24143-2, 978-0-387-28021-9
DOI
10.1007/0-387-28021-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29731326 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
304\313
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
general; Biomedicine generalLife Sciences

Description

Includes introductory chapters on classification of prokaryotes, the concept of bacterial species, numerical and polyphasic taxonomy, bacterial nomenclature and the etymology of prokaryotic names, nucleic acid probes and their application in environmental microbiology, culture collections, and the intellectual property of prokaryotes. The first Road Map to the prokaryotes is included as well as an overview of the phylogenetic backbone and taxonomic framework for prokaryotic systematics.

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