Planctomycetes: Cell Structure, Origins and Biology

1. History, Classification and Cultivation of the Planctomycetes

Cheryl Jenkins and James T. Staley

2. Cell Compartmentalization and Endocytosis in Planctomycetes: Structure and Function in Complex Bacteria

John A. Fuerst, Richard I. Webb, and Evgeny Sagulenko

3. Structural Aspects of MC Proteins of PVC Superphylum Members

Damien P. Devos

4. Cell Biology of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidizing Bacteria:Unique Prokaryotes with an Energy Conserving Intracellular Compartment

Sarah Neumann, Muriel C.F. van Teeseling and Laura van Niftrik

5. Acidophilic Planctomycetes: Expanding the Horizons of New Planctomycete Diversity

Svetlana N. Dedysh and Irina S. Kulichevskaya

6. Towards the Development of Genetic Tools for Planctomycetes

Mareike Jogler and Christian Jogler

7. Genomics and Bioinformatics of the PVC Superphylum

Olga K. Kamneva, Daniel H. Haft, Stormy Knight, David A. Liberles, and Naomi L. Ward

8. The Distribution and Evolution of C1 Transfer Enzymes and Evolution of the Planctomycetes

Ludmila Chistoserdova

9. Unusual Members of the PVC Superphylum: The Methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia Genus "Methylacidiphilum"

Christine E. Sharp, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Ivica Tamas, and Peter F. Dunfield

10. Phyla Related to Planctomycetes: Members of Phylum Chlamydiae and their Implications for Planctomycetes Cell Biology

Claire Bertelli and Gilbert Greub

11. Planctomycetes - their Evolutionary Implications for Models of the Origins of Eukaryotes and the Eukaryote Nucleus

John A Fuerst and Evgeny Sagulenko

12. A Final Word - The Future of Planctomycetology and Related Studies

John A. Fuerst