Advances in Microbial Ecology, Volume 16 (Advances in Microbial Ecology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780306461750
Subjects: Biochemistry; Geochemistry; Microbial Ecology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Geology; Science / Microbiology; Science-Life Sciences - Ecology
First sentence: Given that the genus Achromatium was first described over a century ago and is probably the largest free-living single-celled prokaryote (individual cells can be greater than 100 m in length), microbiologists have made remarkably little progress toward its characterization.