Taxonomy of Prokaryotes

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Methods in Microbiology
Page i

Recent titles in the series
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Methods in Microbiology
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Copyright
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Contents
Pages vii-viii

Series Advisors
Page ix

List of Contributors
Pages xi-xii

1 - Taxonomy of Prokaryotes – Introduction
Pages 1-5
Fred A. Rainey, Aharon Oren

2 - How to Describe New Species of Prokaryotes
Pages 7-14
Fred A. Rainey

3 - Phenotypic and Physiological Characterization Methods
Pages 15-60
Noel R. Krieg, Penelope J. Padgett

4 - Microscopy
Pages 61-100
Manfred Rohde

5 - Peptidoglycan Structure
Pages 101-129
Peter Schumann

6 - Cell Wall Teichoic Acids in the Taxonomy and Characterization of Gram-positive Bacteria
Pages 131-164
Natal’ya V. Potekhina, Galina M. Streshinskaya, Elena M. Tul\'skaya, Alexander S. Shashkov

7 - The Identification of Polar Lipids in Prokaryotes
Pages 165-181
Milton S. da Costa, Luciana Albuquerque, M. Fernanda Nobre, Robin Wait

8 - The Identification of Fatty Acids in Bacteria
Pages 183-196
Milton S. da Costa, Luciana Albuquerque, M. Fernanda Nobre, Robin Wait

9 - The Extraction and Identification of Respiratory Lipoquinones of Prokaryotes and Their Use in Taxonomy
Pages 197-206
Milton S. da Costa, Luciana Albuquerque, M. Fernanda Nobre, Robin Wait

10 - Detection and Characterization of Mycolic Acids and Their Use in Taxonomy and Classification
Pages 207-237
Atteyet-Alla Fetouh Yassin

11 - Polyamines
Pages 239-259
Hans-Jürgen Busse

12 - Characterization of Pigments of Prokaryotes and Their Use in Taxonomy and Classification
Pages 261-282
Aharon Oren

13 - Characterization of Prokaryotes Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Pages 283-297
B.Bédis Dridi, Michel Drancourt

14 - Determination of the G+C Content of Prokaryotes
Pages 299-324
Noha M. Mesbah, William B. Whitman, Mostafa Mesbah

15 - DNA–DNA Hybridization
Pages 325-347
Ramon Rosselló-Móra, Mercedes Urdiain, Arantxa López-López

16 - The Use of rRNA Gene Sequence Data in the Classification and Identification of Prokaryotes
Pages 349-384
Wolfgang Ludwig, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Pelin Yilmaz

17 - Multilocus Sequence Determination and Analysis
Pages 385-407
Paul De Vos

18 - Whole Genome Sequence Comparisons in Taxonomy
Pages 409-436
Rainer Borriss, Christian Rueckert, Jochen Blom, Oliver Bezuidt, Oleg Reva, Hans-Peter Klenk

19 - How to Name New Genera and Species of Prokaryotes?
Pages 437-463
Aharon Oren

Index
Pages 465-473