Bacterial systematics / Niall A. Logan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, Niall A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacteria--Classification.

Bacteria.

Microbiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 263 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786612237058

9781282237056

1282237055

9781444313949

1444313940

9781444313932

1444313932

OCLC:

441893903