Genomes and Genomics of Nitrogen fixing Organisms

Hardcover  XVII + 246 pp.,  ISBN 1402030533      £114.00

Volume 3 in the new series Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress

This book is the self-contained third volume of the comprehensive series on nitrogen fixation. It presents the state-of-the-art in regards to genomic sciences applied to nitrogen fixation research. The advent of genomic sciences represents a new era for biology. The classic paradigm based on the gene has now changed to a paradigm that is based on the genome. The knowledge of the complete nucleotide sequence of a genome and its consequences with regard to both transcription and translation lead to an integral and comprehensive view of the biochemistry and physiology of an organism. Moreover, comparative genomic studies provide new insights for a better understanding of the evolutionary process.

Nitrogen fixation research has fully entered the genomics era since the first complete nucleotide sequences of a rhizobial symbiotic plasmid and a methanogenic archaeon were first reported in 1997. Now, the complete nucleotide sequences of many genomes of nitrogen fixing organism from different taxonomic groups are available. This volume includes chapters devoted to the genomes of specific organisms as well as chapters that cross organism lines and analyse general aspects centred on functional genomics, genome dynamics, taxonomy, and evolution.

No other available work provides the uptodate and indepth coverage of this volume, which is intended to serve as an indispensable reference work for academic, governmental, and industrial scientists working in the areas of genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, including those studying evolution and taxonomy. It will assist students to enter this challenging area of research and provide science administrators with ready access to relevant information.

Written for academic, governmental, and industrial scientists working in the areas of genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, including those studying evolution and taxonomy; students entering this challenging area of research; and science administrators with ready access to vital relevant information.

Contents

• Preface to the Series.
• Preface.
• List of Contributors.
• 1: Origins of Genomics in Nitrogen-Fixation Research; G. Dávila and R. Palacios
• 2: Genomics of Diazotrophic Archaea; J.A. Leigh
• 3: Genomic Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation in the Clostridia; J.-S. Chen
• 4: The Genome of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme; J.C. Meeks
• 5: The nif Genes of Rhodobacter capsulatus, Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas palustris; R. Haselkorn and V. Kapatral
• 6: Genomic Architecture of the Multiple Replicons of the Promiscuous Rhizobium Species NGR234; P. Mavingui, X. Perret and W. J. Broughton
• 7: Facets of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum 110 Genome; M. Göttfert, H. Hennecke and S. Tabata
• 8: pSymA of Sinorhizobium meliloti: Nitrogen Fixation and More; M.J. Barnett and M.L. Kahn
• 9: Rhizobium etli Genome Biology;
• 10: The Dawn of Functional Genomics in Nitrogen-Fixation Research; S. Encarnación
• 11: Transcriptomics in Sinorhizobium meliloti; A. Becker and F. J. De Bruijn
• 12: Genome Dynamics in Rhizobial Organisms; R. Palacios and M. Flores
• 13: Impact of Genomics on the Reconstruction of Evolutionary Relationships of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria and Implications for Taxonomy; P. Van Berkum and B. D. Eardly
• 14: The Phylogeny and Evolution of Nitrogenases; J.P.W. Young
• Subject Index