The Genera Simonsiella and Alysiella
The family Simonsiellaceae comprises two genera, Simonsiella and Alysiella. They are unique among aerobic, Gram-negative, chemoorganotrophic prokaryotes in morphology and motility. They form flat multicellular filaments that may reach from 2 to 10 μm in w
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Prokaryotes A Handbook on Habitats, Isolation, and Identification of Bacteria Edited by MORTIMER P. STARR HEINZ STOLP HANS G. TRUPER ALBERT BALOWS HANS G. SCHLEGEL
University of California, Davis University of Bayreuth University of Bonn Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta University of Gottingen
Volume I
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Mortimer P. Starr, Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A. Heinz Stolp, Lehrstuhl fUr Mikrobiologie, Universitat Bayreuth, 8580 Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany Hans G. Triiper, Institut fiir Mikrobiologie, Rheinische Friedrich-WilhelmsUniversitat, 5300 Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany Albert Balows, Bacteriology Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, U.S.A. Hans G. Schlegel, Institut fUr Mikrobiologie, Universitat Gottingen, 3400 Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Prokaryotes. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Microbial ecology. 2. Bacteria-Identification. 3. Bacteriology-Cultures and culture media. 1. Starr, Mortimer P. [DNLM: I. Bacteria. QW 4 P963]
QRlOO.P76
589.9
81-9192 AACR2
© by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1981. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1981 Copyright is not claimed for contributions prepared by officers or employees of the United States Government or its contractors. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form without written permission from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. 987654321 ISBN 978-3-662-13189-3 ISBN 978-3-662-13187-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9
Foreword
The purpose ofthis brief Foreword is to make you, the reader, hungry for the scientific feast that follows. These two volumes on the prokaryotes offer a truly unique scientific menu-a comprehensive assembly of articles, exhibiting the biochemical depth and remarkable physiological and morphological diversity of prokaryote life. The size of the volumes might initially discourage the unprepared mind from being attracted to the study of prokaryote life, for this landmark assemblage thoroughly documents the wealth of present knowledge. But in confronting the reader with the state of the art, the Handbook also defines where new work needs to be
