The Prokaryotes

Martin Dworkin: Emeritus Professor of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, USA Major research area: Developmental Biology and Social Behavior of Myxococcus xanthus Selected awards and honors: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology; Sackler Scholar, Tel Aviv University; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Roger Porter Award for Microbial Diversity- American Society for Microbiology Stanley Falkow: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA; Former Assistant Chief of the Department of Bacterial Immunology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Selected awards and honors: Member of the National Academy of Sciences; President of the American Society for Microbiology from July 1997 through June 1998; Robert Koch Award from German Government; Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Microbiology; Several honorary doctorates in Europe and the US Eugene Rosenberg: Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel; Associate Professor at the Department of Bacteriology & Institute of Molecular Biology, University of California at Los Angeles (1967-1970); Member of the Israel Committee for Emerging Diseases Selected awards and honors: Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Professor MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts; Pan Lab Award, Society of Industrial Microbiology, San Diego Karl-Heinz Schleifer: Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, Germany Awards and Honors: Full Member of Bergey's Manual Trust; President of the International Union of Microbiological Societies; Korber Award for European Scientific Research; Award of the Society of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine; Ferdinand-Cohn-Medal Erko Stackebrandt: Professor of Microbiology at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, and Director of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany; Professor of Microbiology Department, University of Kiel, Germany (1984-1990); Professor of Microbiology and Department Head at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (1990-1993) Selected awards and honors: Associate Member of Bergey's Manual Trust (1990-1997); Bergey's Award

Proteobacteria. Introduction to the Proteobacteria. Alpha Subclass. The Phototrophic Alpha-Proteobacteria. The Genera Prosthecommicrobium and Ancalamicrobium. Dimorphic Prosthecate Bacteria. The Genus Agrobacterium. The Genus Azospirillum. The Genus Herbaspirillum. The Genus Beijerinckia. The Family Acetobacteraceae: The Genera Acetobacter, Acidomonas, Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter and Kozakia. The Genus Zymomonas. The Manganese-Oxidizing Bacteria. The Genus Paracoccus. The Genus Phenylobacterium. Methylobacterium. Methanotrophs--The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae. The Genus Xanthobacter. The Genus Brucella. Introduction to the Rickettsiales and Other Intracellular Prokaryotes. The Genus Bartonella. The Order Rickettsiales. The Genus Coxiella. The Genus Wolbachia. Aerobic Phototrophic Proteobacteria. The Genus Seliberia.- Beta Subclass. The Phototrophic Beta-Proteobacteria. The Genus Neisseria. The Genus Bordetella. Achromobacter, Alcaligenes, and Related Genera. The Genus Spirillum. The Genus Aquaspirillum. Comamonas. The Genera Chromobacterium and Janthinobacterium. The Genera Phyllobacterium and Ochrobactrum. The Genus Derxia. The Genera Leptothrix and Sphaerotilus. The Lithotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. The Genus Thiobacillus. The Genera Simonsiella and Alysiella. Eikenella corrodens and Related Organisms. The Genus Burkholderia. Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria. The Genera Azoarcus, Azovibrio, Azospira, and Azonexus.-