Humana Planctomycetes: Cell Structure, Origins and Biology

Product Description Here is a definitive summary of recent knowledge of Planctomycetes, microorganisms which challenge our very concept of the bacterium. This book details their unusual structure, physiology, genomics and evolutionary significance. Review Aus den Rezensionen:  “… Reichhaltig illustriert und wissenschaftlich auf hohem Niveau erfordert die Lektüre fundierte Kenntnisse der Mikrobiologie. Es empfiehlt sich daher für fortgeschrittene Studenten ... ist das Buch auch für Wissenschaftler interessant ...” (Werner Liesack , in: BIO Spektrum, November/2013, Vol. 19, Issue 7) From the Back Cover Planctomycetes, and their relatives within the PVC superphylum of domain Bacteria,  including verrucomicrobia and chlamydia,  challenge our classical concept of the bacterium and its modes of life and provide new experimental models for exploring evolutionary cell biology and the full diversity of how living cells can be organized internally. Unique among Bacteria they include species possessing cells with intracellular membrane-bounded compartments and a peptidoglycan-less cell wall, and bacteria such as the anammox organisms performing unique anaerobic ammonium oxidation significant for global nitrogen cycle. The book introduces these fascinating and important bacteria and deals in detail with their unusual structure, physiology, genomics and evolutionary significance.  It is a definitive summary of our recent knowledge of this important distinctive group of bacteria, microorganisms which challenge our very concept of the bacterium.