Niall A. Logan is Professor of Systematic Bacteriology in the School of Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
Hilary M. Lappin-Scott is Professor of Environmental Microbiology in the School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK.
Petra C.F. Oyston is Team Leader in Molecular Bacteriology at Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
Editors' Preface; 1. Microbial diversity in the era of genomics R. R.
Colwell; 2. Patterns in prokaryotic biodiversity M. C. Horner-Devine, J.
Green and B. J. M. Bohannan; 3. A putative RNA-interference-based immune
system in prokaryotes: the epitome of prokaryotic genomic diversity E. V.
Koonin, K. S. Maskarova, N. V. Grishin and Y. I. Wolf; 4. The significance
of prokaryote diversity in the human gastointestinal tract H. J. Flint; 5.
The genetics of phenoytpic innoation H. J. E. Beaumont, S. M. Gehrig, R.
Kassen, C. G. Knight, J. Malone, A. J. Spiers and P. B. Rainey; 6. Minimal
genomes required for life R. Gil, V. Pérez-Brocal, A. Latorre and A. Moya;
7. Evolution of the core of genes V. Daubin and E. Lerat; 8.
Biogeographical diversity of archael viruses K. M. Stedman, A. Clore and Y.
Combet-Blanc; 9. Is there a link between Chlamydia and heart disease? L. A.
Campbell and C.-C. Kuo; 10. Unculturable oral bacteria W. G. Wade; 11.
Comparative genomics - what do such studies tell us about the emergence and
spread of key pathogens? R. W. Titball and M. Duffield; 12. Spread of
genomic islands between clinical and environmental strains J. Klockgether,
O. N. Reva and B. Tümmler; 13. Evolving gene clusters in soil bacteria A.
Morningstar, W. H. Gaze, S. Tolba and E. M. H. Wellington; 14. Unusual
micro-organisms from unusual habitats: hypersaline environments A. Ventosa;
15. Genomic islands and evolution of catabolic pathways S. Lacour, M.
Gaillard and J. R. van der Meer; 16. Horizontal gene transfer and its role
in the emergence of new phenotypes A. M. Osborn.
