Planctomycetes: Cell Structure, Origins and Biology

1. History, Classification and Cultivation of the Planctomycetes
Cheryl Jenkins, James T. Staley

2. Cell Compartmentalization and Endocytosis in Planctomycetes: Structure and Function in Complex Bacteria
John A. Fuerst, Richard I. Webb, Evgeny Sagulenko

3. Structural Aspects of MC Proteins of PVC Superphylum Members
Damien P. Devos

4. Cell Biology of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria: Unique Prokaryotes with an Energy-Conserving Intracellular Compartment
Sarah Neumann, Muriel C. F. Teeseling, Laura Niftrik

5. Acidophilic Planctomycetes: Expanding the Horizons of New Planctomycete Diversity
Svetlana N. Dedysh, Irina S. Kulichevskaya

6. Toward the Development of Genetic Tools for Planctomycetes

Mareike Jogler, Christian Jogler

7. Genomics and Bioinformatics of the PVC Superphylum
Olga K. Kamneva, Daniel H. Haft, Stormy J. Knight, David A. Liberles, Naomi L. Ward

8. The Distribution and Evolution of C1 Transfer Enzymes and Evolution of the Planctomycetes
Ludmila Chistoserdova

9. Unusual Members of the PVC Superphylum: The Methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia Genus “Methylacidiphilum”
Christine E. Sharp, Huub J. M. Op Camp, Ivica Tamas, Peter F. Dunfield

10. Phyla Related to Planctomycetes: Members of Phylum Chlamydiae and Their Implications for Planctomycetes Cell Biology
Claire Bertelli, Gilbert Greub

11. Planctomycetes: Their Evolutionary Implications for Models for Origins of Eukaryotes and the Eukaryote Nucleus and Endomembranes
John A. Fuerst, Evgeny Sagulenko

12. A Final Word: The Future of Planctomycetology and Related Studies
John A. Fuerst

Keywords: Life Sciences, Life Sciences, general, Cell Physiology, Microbiology, Bacteriology