Molecular phylogeny of microorganisms
By: [edited by] Aharon Oren and R. Thane Papke
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Norfolk, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781904455677
Subjects: Evolution; Genetics; Microorganisms; Molecular Evolution; Molecular aspects; Microbial Genetics; Phylogeny; Bacteria
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From a 'protoplasmal primordial atomic globule' to a wealth of 'scientific names of beings animalculous'; title: Concepts about phylogeny of microorganisms : an historical overview / Aharon Oren; title: Methods and programs for calculation of phylogenetic relationships from molecular sequences / Jongsik Chun and Soon Gyu Hong; title: Multilocus sequence analysis and bacterial species phylogeny estimation / Pablo Vinuesa; title: Molecular phylogeny of microorganisms : is rRNA still a useful marker? / Wolfgang Ludwig; title: The phyla of prokaryotes : cultured and uncultured / Aharon Oren; title: Rooting the tree of life / Greg Fournier; title: Applications of conserved indels for understanding microbial phylogeny / Radhey S. Gupta; title: Construction and deconstruction : the influence of lateral gene transfer on the evolution of the tree of life / Maureen O'Malley; title: Horizontal gene transfer and the formation of groups of microorganisms / David Williams, Cheryl P. Andam and J. Peter Gogarten; title: Endosymbiosis and the evolution of plastids / Christopher E. Lane and Dion G. Durnford