Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives

Herausgeber: Berkeley, Roger; De Vos, Paul; Logan, Niall; Heyndrickx, Marc

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Produktbeschreibung

Inspired by the pace of change in the taxonomy of the aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, the "Bacillus 2000" symposium on which this book is based was held in Bruges, Belgium, in August 2000, and was supported by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, the Belgian Society for Microbiology, and several commercial sponsors. Bringing taxonomists interested in Bacillus and its relatives together with people who work with these organisms in medicine, agriculture, and industry, allowed those attending to appreciate the overlaps and interactions of their areas of expertise, in the absence of any comprehensive treatment of the current systematics of the group. The meeting was a great success, and has resulted in the production of these proceedings, Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives, providing an up-to-date and comprehensive treatise on the classification, identification and applications of the aerobic endospore-forming bacteria; it is an essential reference for all microbiologists interested in these organisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 173mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780632057580
• ISBN-10: 0632057580
• Artikelnr.: 21797460

Autorenporträt

Roger Berkeley is the editor of Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives, published by Wiley. Marc Heyndrickx is the editor of Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives, published by Wiley. Niall Logan is the editor of Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives, published by Wiley. Paul De Vos is the editor of Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.

Foreword.

1. Whither Bacillus? (Berkeley).

2. From Phylogeny To Systematics: Dissection Of The GenusBacillus (Stackebrandt & Swiderski).

3. Longstanding Taxonomic Enigmas Within The 'Bacillus CereusGroup' Are On The Verge Of Being Resolved By Far-Reaching MolecularDevelopments: Forecasts On The Possible Outcome By An Ad Hoc Team.(Turnbull, Jackson, Hill, Keim, Kolsto & Beecher).

4. Bacillus Cereus And Food Poisoning (Granum).

5. Thermophilic Bacillus Isolates From Antarctic Environments(Nicolaus, Lama & Gambacorta).

6. Bacilli Associated With Spoilage In Dairy Products And OtherFoods (Heyndrickx & Scheldeman).

7. Moderately Halophilic And Halotolerant Species Of BacillusAnd Related Genera (Arahal & Ventosa).

8. Bacillus Identification - Traditional Approaches(Fritze).

9. Modern Methods For Identification (Logan).

10. Nucleic Acid Analysis And SDS-PAGE Of Whole-Cell Proteins InBacillus Taxonomy (De Vos).

11. Bacillus Thuringiensis Insecticides (Bishop).

12. Bt Crops: A Novel Insect Control Tool (Van Rie).

13. Bacillus Sphaericus And Its Insecticidal Toxins(Priest).

14. The Importance Of Bacillus Species In The Production OfIndustrial Enzymes (Outtrop & Jorgensen).

15. Plant Growth Promotion By Bacillus And Relatives(Chanway).

16. Insertion Sequence Elements And Transposons In Bacillus(Mahillon).

17. Fingerprint Spectrometry Methods In Bacillus Systematics(Magee & Goodacre).

18. Whole-Cell Fatty Acid Analysis In The Systematics OfBacillus And Related Genera (Kampfer).

19. Some Concluding Observations (Norris).

Index

Rezensionen

"Rarely does a book of 19 chapters by 31 authors attain such highquality, wide interest and immediate relevance." QuarterlyReview of Biology, June 2003

"Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relativesis indeed a source of current and compiled information onsystematics and applications ... This will be a highly usefulresource for academic, special, and public libraries." MohanRamaswamy, Kansas State University Library, E-Streams, April2003