A field guide to bacteria / Betsey Dexter Dyer.

Summary:

"In a guide perfect for naturalists, students, teachers, and tourists alike, Betsey Dexter Dyer lets the reader know that it is possible to observe bacteria with all the senses. Many groups of bacteria can be easily identified in the field (or in the refrigerator) without a microscope. Useful illustrations, including 120 color photographs, accompany Dyer's text throughout."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0801439027
ISBN: 9780801439025
ISBN: 0801488540
ISBN: 9780801488542
Physical Description: viii, 355 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-338) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: becoming bacteriocentric -- Guide to habitats -- Ancient hyperthermophiles and thermophilic green nonsulfurs -- Introduction to the archaea -- Methanogens -- Hyperthermophilic archaea -- Halophiles -- Green sulfur bacteria -- Introduction to the proteobacteria -- Alpha proteobacteria -- Beta proteobacteria -- Gamma and delta proteobacteria of non-sulfur-rich environments -- Gamma and delta proteobacteria of sulfur-rich environments -- Introduction to the gram-positive bacteria -- Gram-positive bacteria of foods and drinks -- Gram-positive bacteria of soils and other substrates -- Gram-positive bacteria as symbionts of animals and plants -- Introduction to the cyanobacteria -- Cyanobacteria of aquatic and terrestrial habitats -- Cyanobacterial associations with other organisms -- Bacteroides, gliders, and their relatives -- Spirochetes -- Thermus and Deinococcus -- Planctomycetes and their relatives.