Molecular identification, systematics, and population structure of prokaryotes / Erko Stackebrandt (ed.)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Exciting times: the challenge to be a bacterial systematist / Erko Stackebrandt -- DNA-DNA reassociation methods applied to microbial taxonomy and their critical evaluation / Ramon Rossello-Mora -- DNA fingerprinting techniques applied to the identification, taxonomy and community analysis of prokaryotes / Rudiger Pukall -- Multiple locus VNTR (variable number of tandem repeat) analysis / Gilles Vergnaud, Christine Pourcel -- Bacterial phylogeny reconstruction from molecular sequences / Shigeaki Harayama, Hiroaki Kasai -- Integrated databasing and analysis / Luc Vauterin, Paul Vauterin -- Assessment of microbial phylogenetic diversity based on environmental nucleic acids / Josh D. Neufeld, William W. Mohn -- Metagenome analyses / Frank Oliver Glockner, Anke Meyerdierks -- DNA microarrays for bacterial genotyping / Ulrich Nubel ... [et al.]