Applied Microbial Systematics

Addresses of the Contributors. Preface. I: Introduction. 1. Microbial Systematics: Background and Uses; M. Goodfellow. II: Phylogeny. 2. Universal Trees: Discovering the Archaeal and Bacterial Legacies; J.R. Brown, K.K. Koretke. 3. Phylogenetic Relationships among Fungi Inferred from Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences; M. Hamamoto, T. Nakase. III: Soil, Plants and Insects. 4. Molecular Ecology of Mycorrhizal Fungi; P. Jeffries, J.C. Dodd. 5. Systematics of Legume Nodule Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Agronomic and Ecological Applications; H.L.C. Coutinho, et al. 6. Recent Systematic Developments in Systematics and their Implications for Plant Pathogenic Bacteria; J.M. Young. 7. Bacteria and Insects; F.G. Priest, S.J. Dewar. 8. Fungal Pathogens and Parasites of Insects; R.A. Humber. IV: Environment and its Exploitation. 9. Taxonomy of Extremophiles; J.J. Kristijansson, et al. 10. Acidophiles in Biomining; B.M. Goebel, et al. 11. Microbial Communities in Oil Fields; G. Voordouw. 12. Systematics of Sphingomonas Species that Degrade Xenobiotic Pollutants; M.M. Ederer, R.L. Crawford. V: Food and Medicine. 13. Lactic Acid Bacteria; L. Axelsson, S. Ahrné. 14. A Slow Ramble in the Acid-Fast Lane: The Coming of Age of Mycobacterial Taxonomy; L.G. Wayne. VI: Regulatory Aspects. 15. Microbial Resource Centres and Ex-situ Conservation; V.P. Canhos, G.P. Manfio. 16. Systematics and Legislation;D. Fritze, V. Weihs. Organism Index. Subject Index.