Bookedited by Ipek Kurtböke.
Contents:
Planctomycetes : new models for microbial cells and activities / John A. Fuerst
A flavor of prokaryotic taxonomy : systematics revisited / Paul De Vos, Fabiano Thompson, Cristiane Thompson and Jean Swings
Bioactive actinomycetes : reaching rarity through sound understanding of selective culture and molecular diversity / Ipek Kurböke
Microbial resources for global sustainability / Jim Philp and Ronald Atlas
Modern natural products drug discovery and its relevance to biodiversity conservation / C. Benjamin Naman, Christopher A. Leber and William H. Gerwick
Hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria and their potential in eco-biotechnology and bioremediation / Irena B. Ivshina, Maria S. Kuyukina and Anastasiya V. Krivoruchko
An overview of the industrial aspects of antibiotic discovery / Evan Martens and Arnold L. Demain
Accessing marine microbial diversity for drug discovery/ Lynette Bueno Pérez and William Fenical
Cryptic pathways and implications for novel drug discovery / Kozo Ochi
The Nagoya protocol applied to microbial genetic resources / Philippe Desmeth
Fungal genetic resources for biotechnology / Kevin McCluskey
Industrial culture collections : gateways from microbial diversity to applications / Olga Genilloud
An overview of biological resource center-maintenance of microbial resources and their management / Ken-ichiro Suzuki
IP and the Budapest Treaty : depositing biological material for patent purposes / Vera Bussas, Avinash Sharma and Yogesh Shouche
Biosafety, transport, and related legislation concerning microbial resources : an overview / Vera Bussas.