Uncultivated Microorganisms

1. Statistical Estimation of Uncultivated Microbial Diversity
J. Bunge

2. Characterizing Microbial Population Structures through Massively Parallel Sequencing
Mitchell L. Sogin

3. Detection and Characterization of Uncultivated Microorganisms Using Microarrays
Terry J. Gentry, Zhili He, Jizhong Zhou

4. The Seabed as Natural Laboratory: Lessons From Uncultivated Methanotrophs
Antje Boetius, Thomas Holler, Katrin Knittel, Janine Felden, Frank Wenzhöfer

5. Single Cell Whole Genome Amplification of Uncultivated Organisms
Mircea Podar, Martin Keller, Philip Hugenholtz

6. Physiological and Ecological Adaptations of Slow-Growing, Heterotrophic Microbes and Consequences for Cultivation
Thomas M. Schmidt, Allan E. Konopka

7. Viable but Not Cultivable Bacteria
Rita R. Colwell

8. General Model of Microbial Uncultivability
Slava S. Epstein

9. Metagenomics and Antibiotic Discovery from Uncultivated Bacteria
Vivian Miao, Julian Davies

10. Persisters, Biofilms, and the Problem of Cultivability
Kim Lewis

11. Taking the Concept to the Limit: Uncultivable Bacteria and Astrobiology
Kenneth Nealson

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Applied Microbiology, Molecular Medicine