Microbial evolution / edited by Howard Ochman, University of Texas. -- Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2016. – (58.61/M626)

Contents

Preface, v

Realizing Microbial Evolution, 1

Early Microbial Evolution: The Age of Anaerobes, 7

Paleobiological Perspectives on Early Microbial Evolution, 25

Horizontal Gene Transfer and the History of Life, 43

Genome-Based Microbial Taxonomy Coming of Age, 55

Mutation--The Engine of Evolution: Studying Mutation and Its Role in the Evolution of Bacteria, 67

Thoughts Toward a Theory of Natural Selection: The Importance of Microbia Experimental Evolution, 81

The Origin of Mutants Under Selection: How Natural Selection Mimics Mutagenesis

(Adaptive Mutation), 97

Not So Simple After All: Bacteria, Their Population Genetics, and Recombination, 117

Microbial Speciation, 135

The Evolution of Carnpylobacterjejuni and Campylobacter coil, 157

Evolution of New Functions De Novo and from Preexisting Genes, 171

Coevolution of the Organization and Structure of Prokaryotic Genomes, 189

Index, 207