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Project Management for Research and Development: Guiding Innovation for Positive R&D Outcomes (Best Practices in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management)
by null Lory Mitchell WingateResearch and development (R&D) activities do not fit the traditional project model. They may seem difficult to manage because of their inherent ambiguity, the need for creative exploration, and often the lack of having defined milestones and outcomes. However, project management methods, along with systems engineering as a complementary discipline, provide the ability to categorize R&D activities, bound them, and then assess progress along a defined course of action. They also provide information about status and progress, visibility into opportunities and challenges that might otherwise be missed, allowing timely course corrections.Project Management for Research and Development: Guiding Innovation for Positive R&D Outcomes, Second Edition, provides methods for optimizing results in R&D by using structured processes that come from project management and are intertwined with the key complementary discipline of systems engineering. It provides processes, tools, and techniques to assess and manage creative activities in an optimal way. The core of the book is a flexible framework, which lifts the burden off organizations that do not want to invest heavily in implementing a significant number of often conflicting processes. It is a lightweight, flexible structure to help organizations and individuals meet their most important goals, no matter how complicated or complex these goals may be.Each chapter in the book includes Apply Now exercises, which allow immediate application of fundamental concepts, summarizes key points of concepts and terms, and provides templates to apply the ideas from each chapter to a real-life situation. The book also features unique and creative case studies to demonstrate the application of project management to various R&D projects.
Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry
by Mohamed A. El-ReedyOil and gas projects have special characteristics that need a different technique in project management. The development of any country depends on the development of the energy reserve through investing in oil and gas projects through onshore and offshore exploration, drilling, and increasing facility capacities. Therefore, these projects need a sort of management match with their characteristics, and project management is the main tool to achieving a successful project. Written by a veteran project manager who has specialized in oil and gas projects for years, this book focuses on using practical tools and methods that are widely and successfully used in project management for oil and gas projects. Most engineers study all subjects, but focus on project management in housing projects, administration projects, and commercial buildings or other similar projects. However, oil and gas projects have their own requirements and characteristics in management from the owners, engineering offices, and contractors' side. Not only useful to graduating engineers, new hires, and students, this volume is also an invaluable addition to any veteran project manager's library as a reference or a helpful go-to guide. Also meant to be a refresher for practicing engineers, it covers all of the project management subjects from an industrial point of view specifically for petroleum projects, making it the perfect desktop manual. Not just for project managers and students, this book is helpful to any engineering discipline or staff in sharing or applying the work of a petroleum project and is a must-have for anyone working in this industry.
Project Mc2: The Pretty Brilliant Experiment Book
by Jade HemsworthPick up S.T.E.A.M. with experiments in science, chemistry, technology, engineering and more! Inspired by Netflix’s original series, Project Mc2 (TM), The Pretty Brilliant Experiment book has over 20 experiments introduced by our favorite Nov8 (that’s Innovate) agents: McKeyla McAlister, Adrienne Attoms, Bryden Bandweth, and Camryn Coyle. Learn about electricity, chemical reactions, physics, and biology while crafting an hour glass, creating crystals, and making ice cream! Then record your own observations after reading the scientific analysis accompanying each activity. The ingredients are affordable and easy-to-find, and each DIY experiment can be completed safely at home with parents and friends. Based on a NETFLIX original series. PROJECT Mc2 copyright © by MGA, LLC. All rights reserved.Experiments provided by Marguerite and Zoltan Benko. An Imprint Book
Project Mc2: Smart is the New Cool (Project Mc2)
by Jade Hemsworth Jordana ArkinMEET THE GIRLS OF PROJECT Mc2! <P>McKeyla McAlister: brilliant leader and savvy special agent for NOV8Adrienne Attoms: culinary chemist and sweet scientist Bryden Bandweth: technology guru and social media maven Camryn Coyle: construction queen and engineer extraordinaire ADORABLE PRINCE XANDER is coming to town for his launch into outer space--and the students of Maywood Glen Academy can't stop talking about it. No one even notices the mysterious new girl, McKeyla McAlister, who enrolls just before the big event.The smartest girls at school--Adri, Bry, and Cam--think McKeyla is definitely I.A.W.A.T.S.T.--Interesting And Weird At The Same Time. They discover she is an agent for NOV8 (that's Innovate), a top secret organization of super smart women, and her assignment is to keep the prince safe! <P>With the help of high tech gadgets, cool culinary chemistry, and some awesome teamwork, these girls may just save the world.
Project Mercury
by Ray Spangenburg Kit MoserDescribes the planning, development, missions, and accomplishments of Project Mercury and its contributions to the American presence in space.
Project Middle School (Alyssa Milano's Hope #1)
by Alyssa Milano Debbie RigaudFrom actor and lifelong activist Alyssa Milano comes Hope Roberts, a girl who's determined to change the world.Hope is eleven years old, and she wants to be an astrophysicist. She loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comic books, her best friend Sam, and her two rescue dogs.Hope believes it's always a good day to champion a cause, defend an underdog, and save the future. And most of all, she believes in dreaming big. That's why she's enrolled in all of the advanced classes at her new middle school. She's smart and confident in her abilities. But though Hope seems super strong on the outside, there's another side of her, too. She's just a regular girl trying to survive middle school.It's the beginning of sixth grade, and Hope's BFF quickly meets a new group of friends in her classes. Hope doesn't know how to handle it. She and Sam have always been inseparable! Things don't go as well for Hope. She embarrasses herself in front of her whole class, and then she gets off on the wrong foot with her new classmate, Camila. Even science club doesn't go as planned. None of the boys in the club will listen to the girls' ideas, and Hope and Camila get stuck doing the boring part of their science project, even though it was their idea. But Hope is determined to prove herself to the boys -- even if it means doing a lot of extra work on her own. She knows that sometimes changing the world starts small. So now Hope has a mission! Can she turn the science club into a place that's welcoming for everyone -- and make some new friends along the way?Hope's relatability, kindness, empathy, and can-do attitude will inspire a generation of do-gooders. This new series is a response to the very palpable feeling that not only can young people save the world -- they will!
Project Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration (Science Practice Ecological Restoration)
by John Stanley John Rieger Raymond TraynorProject Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration addresses a problem that is the reason many current restoration projects are not as effective or successful as they could be: a lack of understanding of the principles of sound planning and management. John Rieger, John Stanley, and Ray Traynor, who collectively have decades of experience implementing successful restoration projects, provide a straightforward framework for developing and executing an ecological restoration project in order to maximize its potential for success. The authors focus on process, planning, design, implementation, and management rather than science. They describe a simple project management plan, identify the design approaches and the commitments that decisions require, and explain how design theory is translated to on-the-ground project design. The book includes numerous illustrations, as well as a series of checklists and tables to help restorationists recognize and then correct problems that may arise.
Project Princess (The Princess Diaries Volume IV and a Half)
by Meg CabotFrom the back cover: "Hammer in hand, Princess Mia embarks on an epic adventure for one so admittedly unhandy: Along with her cohorts from school, she's off to build houses for the less fortunate. It doesn't take Mia long to realize that helping others -- while an unimpeachably noble pastime -- is very hard work. Will her giving spirit prevail? Will the house collapse due to royally clumsy construction? And most importantly, will Michael stop working long enough to kiss her?"
Project Puffin
by Derrick Z. Jackson Stephen W. KressDetails a wildlife scientist's successful efforts to restore puffin colonies in Maine through an experiment in habitat restoration.
Project Retrosight
by Stephen Hanney Alexandra Pollitt Jonathan Grant Steven Wooding Martin BuxtonThis work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15-20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Policy summary volume.
Project Star: The Universe In Your Hands
by Harold P. Coyle Harvard Observatory StaffFun activities to learn about the universe and astronomy.
Project Vanguard: The NASA History (Dover Books on Astronomy)
by Paul Dickson Milton Lomask Constance Mclaughlin GreenThis is the inside story of one of the earliest successful U.S. satellites, a fascinating Cold War-era chronicle of the nation's earliest battles and triumphs in the Space Race. It recounts the origins, development, and results of Project Vanguard, a pioneering venture in the exploration of outer space. Primarily an analysis of the project's scientific and technical challenges, this volume documents onboard experiments, instrumentation, tracking systems, and test firings. It also portrays the drama of organizing an unprecedented project under the pressure of a strict time limit as well as the tempestuous climate of American opinion during the Soviet Union's Sputnik launches. The history concludes with an evaluation of the satellite program's significant contributions to scientific knowledge. Numerous historic photographs highlight the text, which is written in accessible, nontechnical language. In addition to a historic foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh, this new edition features an informative introduction by Paul Dickson. Authoritative and inexpensive, it will appeal to students and teachers of history and science as well as aviation enthusiasts.
Projectile Dynamics in Sport: Principles and Applications
by Colin WhiteHow can we predict the trajectory of a baseball from bat to outfield? How do the dimples in a golf ball influence its flight from tee to pin? What forces determine the path of a soccer ball steered over a defensive wall by an elite player? An understanding of the physical processes involved in throwing, hitting, firing and releasing sporting projectiles is essential for a full understanding of the science that underpins sport. This is the first book to comprehensively examine those processes and to explain the factors governing the trajectories of sporting projectiles once they are set in motion. From a serve in tennis to the flight of a ’human projectile’ over a high jump bar, this book explains the universal physical and mathematical principles governing movement in sport, and then shows how those principles are applied in specific sporting contexts. Divided into two sections, addressing theory and application respectively, the book explores key concepts such as: friction, spin, drag, impact and bounce computer and mathematical modelling variable sensitivity the design of sports equipment materials science. Richly illustrated throughout, and containing a wealth of research data as well as worked equations and examples, this book is essential reading for all serious students of sports biomechanics, sports engineering, sports technology, sports equipment design and sports performance analysis.
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
by Karl DeisserothA groundbreaking tour of the human mind that illuminates the biological nature of our inner worlds and emotions, through gripping, moving—and, at times, harrowing—clinical stories&“Poetic, mind-stretching, and through it all, deeply human.&”—Daniel Levitin, New York Times bestselling author of The Organized MindKarl Deisseroth has spent his life pursuing truths about the human mind, both as a renowned clinical psychiatrist and as a researcher creating and developing the revolutionary field of optogenetics, which uses light to help decipher the brain&’s workings. In Projections, he combines his knowledge of the brain&’s inner circuitry with a deep empathy for his patients to examine what mental illness reveals about the human mind and the origin of human feelings—how the broken can illuminate the unbroken.Through cutting-edge research and gripping case studies from Deisseroth&’s own patients, Projections tells a larger story about the material origins of human emotion, bridging the gap between the ancient circuits of our brain and the poignant moments of suffering in our daily lives. The stories of Deisseroth&’s patients are rich with humanity and shine an unprecedented light on the self—and the ways in which it can break down. A young woman with an eating disorder reveals how the mind can rebel against the brain&’s most primitive drives of hunger and thirst; an older man, smothered into silence by depression and dementia, shows how humans evolved to feel not only joy but also its absence; and a lonely Uighur woman far from her homeland teaches both the importance—and challenges—of deep social bonds.Illuminating, literary, and essential, Projections is a revelatory, immensely powerful work. It transforms our understanding not only of the brain but of ourselves as social beings—giving vivid illustrations through science and resonant human stories of our yearning for connection and meaning.
Projects With Time
by John WilliamsExplores the concept of time through a variety of projects involving sundials, water clocks, and other time-keeping devices.
Projects With Water (Simple Science Projects)
by John WilliamsProvides instructions for projects involving rafts, paddle boats, and other objects that float.
Projektierung und Auslegung von Schüttgutanlagen: Darstellung anhand von Praxisbeispielen
by Peter HilgrafDieses Fachbuch befasst sich mit der verfahrenstechnischen Projektierung und Auslegung von Schüttgut handhabenden Anlagen.
Projektmanagement für Ingenieure (essentials)
by Ekbert HeringAufgaben werden in einer globalen, wettbewerbsorientierten Umwelt immer komplexer und müssen schnell und zuverlässig bewältigt werden. Um die geforderten Leistungen qualitätsgerecht und innerhalb des erforderlichen Kosten- und Zeitrahmens zu erbringen, muss ein professionelles Projektmanagement angewandt werden. Nach der Definition der wichtigen Begriffe ,,Projekt" und ,,Projektmanagement" werden die Projektphasen aufgezeigt. Für die einzelnen Projekte stehen unterschiedliche Formen der Projektorganisation zur Verfügung. Es werden die verschiedenen Methoden zur Projektplanung und -steuerung vorgestellt. Behandelt werden die wichtigen Werkzeuge zur Kosten- und Terminplanung sowie zur Risikoabschätzung. Ausführlich wird an Hand eines Beispiels der Einsatz der Netzplantechnik vorgestellt sowie die Methoden zur Kontrolle von Zeit und Kosten erläutert. Die Zusammenstellung der nationalen und internationalen Normen sowie der nationalen und internationalen Institutionen des Projektmanagements runden das Buch ab.
Projektmanagement von Verkehrsinfrastrukturprojekten
by Konrad SpangDieses von Fachexperten geschriebene Werk umfasst alle wesentlichen Schritte und Elemente des Projektmanagements von Straßen- und Eisenbahnprojekten und füllt damit eine seit langem offene Literaturlücke für die Praxis. Behandelt werden alle Prozesse der Planung, der Erarbeitung des Baurechts mit der Einbeziehung des Umfelds, der Organisation der Finanzierung, der Bauvorbereitung und der Baudurchführung aus Sicht der Bauherren und ihrer Planer. Wesentliche Elemente sind u.a. Projektcontrolling, Risikomanagement, Termin- und Kostenplanung, Stakeholdermanagement, Planrechtsverfahren, Ausschreibung und Vergabe. Verkehrsinfrastruktur hat eine zentrale Bedeutung für das Funktionieren einer Gesellschaft und für die Entwicklung der Wirtschaft. Kenntnisse über Planung und Realisierung von Verkehrswegen (Straßen und Schienenwege) werden im Hinblick auf die technischen und baubetrieblichen Aspekte an den Universitäten und Fachhochschulen vermittelt. Die berufstätigen Ingenieure haben dort ihr Fachwissen erworben. Mit diesem Werk liegt nun für die Praktiker ein Handbuch und ein Leitfaden für alle wesentlichen Prozesse in der Projektabwicklung (also von der Idee bis zur Inbetriebnahme) vor.
The Prokaryotes: Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology
by Edward F. Delong Eugene Rosenberg Fabiano Thompson Stephen Lory Erko StackebrandtThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>
The Prokaryotes: Firmicutes and Tenericutes
by Edward F. Delong Eugene Rosenberg Fabiano Thompson Stephen Lory Erko StackebrandtThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>
The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology, Communities and Ecophysiology
by Edward F. Delong Erko Stackebrandt Eugene Rosenberg Fabiano Thompson Stephen LoryThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>
The Prokaryotes: Symbiosis and Human Microbiology
by Stephen Lory Fabiano Thompson Eugene Rosenberg Erko Stackebrandt Edward F. DelongThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>
The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria
by Eugene Rosenberg Edward F. Delong Stephen Lory Erko Stackebrandt Fabiano ThompsonThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>
The Prokaryotes: Gammaproteobacteria
by Eugene Rosenberg Edward F. Delong Stephen Lory Erko Stackebrandt Fabiano ThompsonThe Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters.<P><P> Different from other resources, this new Springer product includes not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and technology of taxa in a broad context. Technological aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in processes and products, including biocontrol agents and as genetics tools.<P><P> The content of the expanded fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 contains review chapters dealing with the most important general concepts in molecular, applied and general prokaryote biology; Part 2 describes the known properties of specific taxonomic groups. Two completely new sections have been added to Part 1: bacterial communities and human bacteriology. The bacterial communities section reflects the growing realization that studies on pure cultures of bacteria have led to an incomplete picture of the microbial world for two fundamental reasons: the vast majority of bacteria in soil, water and associated with biological tissues are currently not culturable, and that an understanding of microbial ecology requires knowledge on how different bacterial species interact with each other in their natural environment. The new section on human microbiology deals with bacteria associated with healthy humans and bacterial pathogenesis. Each of the major human diseases caused by bacteria is reviewed, from identifying the pathogens by classical clinical and non-culturing techniques to the biochemical mechanisms of the disease process.<P> The 4th edition of The Prokaryotes is the most complete resource on the biology of prokaryotes.<P> The following volumes are published consecutively within the 4th Edition:<P> Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations<P> Prokaryotic Communities and EcophysiologyProkaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry<P> Applied Bacteriology and Biotechnology<P> Human Microbiology<P> Actinobacteria<P> Firmicutes<P> Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria<P> Gammaproteobacteria<P> Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria<P> Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea<P>