Prokaryotes

Eugene Rosenberg, Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, Israel; Edward F. DeLong, Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Fabiano Thompson, Professor at Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Stephen Lory, Professor at Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Erko Stackebrandt, Director of the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany;

• Preface.- Foreword.- About the Editors.- List of Contributors.- The gut microbiota.- Prebiotics.- Probiotics.- Identification of pathogens by classical clinical tests.- Identification of pathogens by nonculturing molecular techniques.- Bacterial Adhesion.- Cholera.- Tuberculosis.- Legionnaires' Disease.- Listeria.- Diphtheria.- Botulism and tetanus.- Whooping cough.- Dysentery.- Urinary tract infections.- Burn infections.- Typhoid.- Meningitis.- Rickettsiia diseases.- Syphilis.- Chlamydial diseases.- Bacterial Toxins.