Microbial Ecology and Diversity
http://newsarchive.asm.org/may99/feature10.asp

Norman R. Pace, ASM News


This article discusses the history and progression of microbiology. It states that technology development has traditionally been based on single organisms, but that microbial ecology is the future of microbiology. Sections include: the microbial world as the underpinning of the biosphere, autotrophy as a microbial way of life, enrichment culture technology, sex and lateral gene transfer in ecology and evolution, the molecular tree of life, microbial ecology and microbial diversity, ecological findings identify new targets, and microbial ecology is the future of microbiology.


Subject: Biology, :Diversity, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Culturing Methods, Molecular Methods
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Topics: Biosphere:Diversity, Microbiology, Methods of Microbiology:Culturing Methods, Biosphere:Ecology, Methods of Microbiology:Molecular Methods