Accessing Uncultivated Microorganisms

A complete overview of methods and approaches to studying microbial diversity. Emphasizes new innovative methods, addresses established methods, and provides "hands on" advice on how to isolate, cultivate, and study organisms. Covers the range of assessment possibilities from direct measurements of physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the environment to a wide array of molecular tools such as metagenomic and metaproteomic approaches. Details innovative methods such as the use of genetic information from environmental samples, enrichment cultures, and single cells. Offers practical, essential advice on how to put these methods into practice both within and outside of the laboratory environment. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.