http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
from the environment to organisms and genomes and back
xii, 308 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 ; cm.
Does cultivation still matter? -- The human intestinal microbiota and its impact on human health -- The uncountables -- The missing fungi : new insights from culture-independent molecular studies of soil -- The diversity of free-living protists seen and unseen, cultured and uncultured -- Microbial biogeography : patterns in microbial diversity across space and time -- The least common denominator : species or operational taxonomic units? --
Measuring diversity -- Metagenomics as a tool to study biodiversity -- New cultivation strategies for terrestrial microorganisms -- Cultivation of marine symbiotic microorganisms -- Methods to study consortia and mixed cultures -- Microbial cell individuality -- Nanomechanical methods to study single cells -- Single cell genomics -- How many genes does a cell need?.
Includes bibliographical references and index.