Uncultivated Microorganisms
The number of existing microbial species may be in the millions, but only a few thousand have been isolated in pure culture and described. The principal reason for this tremendous disparity is that, mysteriously, over 99% of all environmental microorganis
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Slava S. Epstein Editor
Uncultivated Microorganisms
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Microbiology Monographs Volume 10
Series Editor: Alexander Steinbüchel Münster, Germany
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Slava S. Epstein Editor
Uncultivated Microorganisms
Editor Dr. Slava S. Epstein Department of Biology 134 Mugar Hall Northeastern University 360 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115 USA e-mail: [email protected]
Series Editor Professor Dr. Alexander Steinbüchel Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Corrensstraße 3 48149 Münster Germany e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 1862-5576 e-ISSN 1862-5584 ISBN 978-3-540-85464-7 e-ISBN 978-3-540-85465-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85465-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009929709 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: SPi Publisher Services Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In 1898, an Austrian micr
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