Microbial Evolution

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ISBN: 9781555812713 | 1555812716
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/1/2004

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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.

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Preface

xiii

I. INTRACELLULAR MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING DIVERSITY

(108)

1. Mutagenesis and DNA Repair: The Consequences of Error and Mechanisms for Remaining the Same

John R. Battista and Ashlee M. Earl

(18)

2. RecA-Dependent Mechanisms for the Generation of Genetic Diversity

Steven J. Sandler and Klaus Nüsslein

(15)

3. Nonhomologous Recombination

François Cornet and Michael Chandler

(31)

4. Gene Duplication and Gene Loading

Renato Fani

(15)

5. Multiple Chromosomes

Chris Mackenzie, Samuel Kaplan, and Madhusudan Choudhary

(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

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Microbial Evolution

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