Facts and Myths about Authentic Bacteria/Lessons from Pioneers of Microbiology

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dc.contributor.authorGest, Howard
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-08T17:27:36Z
dc.date.available2009-01-08T17:27:36Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-07
dc.descriptionStudy of pure cultures of bacteria provided (a) the major basis of understanding their dynamic roles in the status of Earth’s biosphere and (b) systems for biochemical and molecular biological analysis of the processes involved. This article calls attention to pioneering microbiological studies underlying relevant contemporary research.en
dc.description.abstractA commentary on sundry aspects of bacteria in the natural world and in the laboratory, touching on: diversity, nutrition, the species concept, classification and taxonomy, “computer bacteroids,” the “unculturability” myth, “astrobiology.” extremophiles, and Gest’s Postulatesen
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/3275
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectbacterial diversityen
dc.subjectclassificationen
dc.subjectso-called "unculturability"en
dc.subjectspecies concepten
dc.titleFacts and Myths about Authentic Bacteria/Lessons from Pioneers of Microbiologyen
dc.typeArticleen

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