1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391894503316

Autore

Standish Arthur <fl. 1611-1613.>

Titolo

The commons complaint· [[electronic resource] ] : VVherein is contained two speciall grieuances. The first, the generall destruction and waste of woods in this kingdome, with a remedie for the same ... The second grieuance is, the extreame dearth of victualls. Foure remedies for the same. 1 By a generall planting of fruit-trees, with the charge and profit. 2 By an extraordinarie breeding of fowle and pullen ... 3 By a generall destroying of all kinde of vermine ... 4 Prouing the abundance of corne that is yearely deuoured and destroyed by the infinite number of pidgeons, kept and maintained in this kingdome

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by William Stansby, 1612

Edizione

[Newly corrected and augmented.]

Descrizione fisica

[12], 46, [2] p., folded plate

Soggetti

Forests and forestry - Great Britain

Agriculture - Great Britain

Food supply - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: Arthur Standish.

Includes a reprint of the Letters Patent, STC 8470.5.

The folded plate, "The figure of the plot", is a woodcut with letterpress text.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298402903321

Titolo

Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution / / edited by Pabulo H. Rampelotto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-69078-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 pages)

Collana

Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology, , 2367-1017

Disciplina

579.138

Soggetti

Microbial genetics

Microbial genomics

Evolution (Biology)

Microbiology

Microbial Genetics and Genomics

Evolutionary Biology

Applied Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most profound paradigms that have transformed our understanding about life over the last decades was the acknowledgement that microorganisms play a central role in shaping the past and present environments on Earth and the nature of all life forms. Each organism is the product of its history and all extant life traces back to common ancestors, which were microorganisms. Nowadays, microorganisms represent the vast majority of biodiversity on Earth and have survived nearly 4 billion years of evolutionary change. Microbial evolution occurred and continues to take place in a great variety of environmental conditions. However, we still know little about the processes of evolution as applied to microorganisms and microbial populations. In addition, the molecular mechanisms by which microorganisms communicate/interact with each other and with multicellular organisms remains poorly understood. Such patterns of microbe-host interaction are essential to understand the evolution of



microbial symbiosis and pathogenesis. Recent advances in DNA sequencing, high-throughput technologies, and genetic manipulation systems have enabled studies that directly characterize the molecular and genomic bases of evolution, producing data that are making us change our view of the microbial world. The notion that mutations in the coding regions of genomes are, in combination with selective forces, the main contributors to biodiversity needs to be re-examined as evidence accumulates, indicating that many non-coding regions that contain regulatory signals show a high rate of variation even among closely related organisms. Comparative analyses of an increasing number of closely related microbial genomes have yielded exciting insight into the sources of microbial genome variability with respect to gene content, gene order and evolution of genes with unknown functions. Furthermore, laboratory studies (i.e. experimental microbial evolution) are providing fundamental biological insight through direct observation of the evolution process. They not only enable testing evolutionary theory and principles, but also have applications to metabolic engineering and human health. Overall, these studies ranging from viruses to Bacteria to microbial Eukaryotes are illuminating the mechanisms of evolution at a resolution that Darwin, Delbruck and Dobzhansky could barely have imagined. Consequently, it is timely to review and highlight the progress so far as well as discuss what remains unknown and requires future research. This book explores the current state of knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of microbial evolution with a collection of papers written by authors who are leading experts in the field.