Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms : Proceedings of a Workshop /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Group for the Workshop on Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Colección:Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Temas:
Microorganisms > Morphology > Congresses.
Microorganisms > Evolution > Congresses.
Micropaleontology > Congresses.
Exobiology > Congresses.
Microbiology.
Microbiology
Evolution
Micro-organismes > Évolution > Congrès.
Micropaléontologie > Congrès.
Exobiologie > Congrès.
Microbiologie.
microbiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Exobiology
Microorganisms > Evolution
Microorganisms > Morphology
Micropaleontology
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) > Andre fag.
Electronic book.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview / Andrew Knoll. Panel 1. Discussion summarized by Christian de Duve and Mary Jane Osborn
  • Metabolism and physiology of conventional bacteria / Dan G. Fraenkel
  • A biophysical chemist's thoughts on cell size / Peter B. Moore
  • Correlates of smallest sizes for microorganisms / Monica Riley
  • Mechanical characteristics of very small cells / David Boal
  • Gene transfer and minimal genome size / Jeffrey G. Lawrence. Panel 2. Discussion summarized by Kenneth Nealson
  • Can large dsDNA-containing viruses provide information about the minimal genome size required to support life? / James L. Van Etten
  • Suggestions from observations on nanobacteria isolated from blood / E. Olavi Kajander, Mikael Björklund, and Neva Çiftçioglu
  • Properties of small free-living aquatic bacteria / D.K. Button and Betsy Robertson
  • Bacteria, their smallest representatives and subcellular structures, and the purported Precambrian fossil "Metallogenium" / James T. Staley
  • Smallest cell sizes within hyperthermophilic Archaea ("Archaebacteria") / Karl O. Stetter
  • The influence of environment and metabolic capacity on the size of a microorganism / Michael W.W. Adams
  • Diminutive cells in the ocean, unanswered questions / Edward F. DeLong. Panel 3. Discussion summarized by Andrew Knoll
  • Fossils and pseudofossils: lessons from the hunt for early life on Earth / J. William Schopf
  • Taphonomic modes in microbial fossilization / Jack Farmer
  • Investigation of biomineralization at the nanometer scale by using electron microscopy / John Bradley. Panel 4. Discussion summarized by Leslie Orgel and Laura Ost
  • Primitive life: origin, size, and signature / James P. Ferris
  • Constraints on the sizes of the earliest cells / Jack W. Szostak
  • How small can a microorganism be? / Steven A. Benner
  • Appendixes. Steering group biographies ; Request from NASA ; Workshop agenda ; Workshop participants.

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