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

Firmicutes (Gram-Positive Bacteria). Firmicutes with Low GC Content of DNA. The Genera Staphylococcus and Macrococcus. The Genus Streptococcus-Oral. Medically Important Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci. Streptococcus pneumoniae. The Genus Enterococcus Taxonomy]. Enterococcus [Medical Importance]. The Genus Lactococcus. Genera Pediococcus and Tetragenococcus. Genera Leucostoc, Oenococcus, and Weissella. The Genera Lactobacillus and Carnobacterium. Listeria and Relatives. The Genus Brochothrix. The Genus Erysipelothrix. The Genus Gemella. The Genus Kurthia. The Genus Bacillus - Nonmedical. The Genus Bacillus - Insect Pathogens. The Genus Bacillus - Medical. Genera Related to the Genus Bacillus - Sporolactobacillus, Sporosarcina, Planococcus, Filibacter, and Caryophanon. An Introduction to the Family Clostridiaceae. Neurotoxigenic Clostridia. The Enterotoxic Clostridia. Clostridium perfingens and Histotoxic Disease. The Genera Desulfitobacterium and Desulfosporosinus. The Anaerobic Gram-Positive Cocci. The Order Haloanaerobiales. The Genus Eubacterium and Related Genera. The Genus Mycoplasma and Related Genera (Class Mollicutes). The Plant Pathogenic Spiroplasmas.- Firmicutes with Atypical Cell Walls. The Family Heliobacteriaceae. Pectinatus, Megasphaera, and Zymophilus. The Genus Selenomonas. The Genus Sporomusa. The Family Lachnospiraceae, including the Genera Butyrivibrio, Lachnospira and Roseburia. The Genus Veillonella. Syntrophomonadaceae.- Cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria - Isolation, Purification, and Identification. Cyanobacteria: Ecology, Physiology, and Molecular Genetics. Prochlorococcus.-