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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812659103321

Autore

Logan Niall A

Titolo

Bacterial systematics / / Niall A. Logan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994

ISBN

9786612237058

9781282237056

1282237055

9781444313949

1444313940

9781444313932

1444313932

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

589.9/0012

589.90012

Soggetti

Bacteria

Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-241) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Bacterial Systematics; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; 2: Phenotypic characters; 3: Genotypic characters; 4: Similarity and arrangement; 5: Identification; 6: Evolution and the archaea; 7: The spirochaetes; 8: Helical and curved bacteria; 9: Gram-negative aerobic bacteria; 10: Gram-negative, facultatively and strictly anaerobic bacteria; 11: The Gram-positive rods; 12: The Gram-positive cocci; 13: The mollicutes; 14: The actinomycetes; Further reading; Organism index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

At a time of increasing interest in microbial systematics and biodiversity this highly readable text, the first to cover the subject at undergraduate level, describes and explains both the theory and practice of bacterial classification and identification.