9780128051405

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9780128047651

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Author Biographies; Preface; Chapter 1

Planctomycetes-New Models for Microbial Cells and Activities; Introduction; What are planctomycetes and what properties mark them out as unusual?; Summary of relevant planctomycete physiology; Compartmentalization of planctomycete cells; How might the unusual characteristics of planctomycetes be considered as resources?; Compartmentalized cells as a potential resource for synthetic biology; Unusual components of planctomycete cells; Sterols and Hopanoids; Ladderane Lipids; Hydrocarbons.

Sulfatases and their uses in stereochemistry/transformations in organic chemistryWhat other properties do planctomycetes harbor relevant to new resources?; Polyketide Genes and Potential Natural Product Synthesis in Planctomycetes; Enzymes Other Than Sulfatases; Anammox planctomycetes as a major example of planctomycetes as a microbial resource; Anammox planctomycetes are resources providing global ecosystem services in the nitrogen cycle; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2

A Flavor of Prokaryotic Taxonomy: Systematics Revisited; Introduction.

The prokaryotic species conceptRemarks on the generalized use of 16S rRNA sequences; Chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characterization; Prokaryote nomenclature; Identification of prokaryotes; The gap between prokaryotic diversity and taxonomy of prokaryotes; A Renaissance in prokaryote taxonomy?; Hurdles underway; Toward a new "gold standard"; WGS is the basic unit for genomic prokaryote taxonomy (GPT); Genomic Prokaryote taxonomy (GPT); Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.

Chapter 3

Bioactive Actinomycetes: Reaching Rarity Through Sound Understanding of Selective Culture and Molecular DiversityIntroduction; Order Actinomycetales: Growth Morphology, Differentiation, and Current Classification; Employment of Selective Pressures to Isolate Rare or Previously Nonencountered Members of the Known Taxa; Selectivity Based on Taxon-Specific Search; Selectivity Through Exploitation of Bacteriophage-Host Interactions; Selectivity Based on the Emerging Molecular Ecological Advances and Functional Diversity in the Environment; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.

Chapter 4

Microbial Resources for Global SustainabilityIntroduction; Replacing fossil fuels with biofuels; Replacing the oil barrel for chemical production; Short-Chain Alkenes, the Building Blocks of the Modern Petrochemical Industry; Bio-Based 1,3-Propanediol (PDO): A Metabolic Engineering Classic; Bio-Based 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) Production: An Unnatural Molecule in a Bacterium; Sugar to Plastic Through Metabolic Engineering and Fermentation; Technical barriers to bio-based production; Pretreatment of Biomass; Inhibitory Compounds in CBP; Titre, Yield, and Productivity.

Microbiological Techniques.

Microbiological Phenomena.

Drug Discovery.