书目名称 | Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution |
编辑 | Pabulo H. Rampelotto |
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概述 | Provides new insights on the molecular mechanisms of microbial evolution.Highlights the relevance and challenges of studying microbial evolution.Foreword written by Werner Arber (1978 Nobel Prize in P |
丛书名称 | Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology |
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描述 | 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 g |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | Sequencing; evolutionary biology; molecular evolution; bacterial genomics; microbial biotechnology |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69078-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-09867-4 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-69078-0Series ISSN 2367-1017 Series E-ISSN 2367-1025 |
issn_series | 2367-1017 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 |