Widdel Friedrich
Preface ...................................................... 7
Thauer Rudolf K.
Welcome Greetings ............................................ 9
Microorganisms in the Environment - Unique Adaptations,
Basic Metabolism, and Evolution
Stetter Karl O.
Hyperthermophiles - Life in a Hot and Inorganic
Environment ................................................. 13
Orphan Victoria J., House Christopher H. and Goffredi
Shana K.
Archaea, Methane and Oases of the Deep ...................... 19
Parkes R. John
Microbes in the Deep Biosphere - Who Feeds Them? ............ 25
Fuchs Georg, and Kockelkorn Daniel
From Inorganic to Organic Prokaryotic CO2 Fixation .......... 33
Thauer Rudolf K.
Of Methanotrophic and Methanogenic Archaea .................. 41
Russell Michael J.
On the Emergence and Early Evolution of Life ................ 45
Martin William
On the Ancestral State of Microbial Physiology .............. 53
Hackstein Johannes H.P.
Hydrogenosomes, Mitochondria, Mitosomes - Or the Final
Proof of the Endosymbiont Theory ............................ 61
Microorganisms in Symbioses and Pathogenesis
Bayer Kristina, Siegl Alexander, Schmitt Susanne,
Hoffmann Friederike, and Hentschel Ute
Unravelling Microbial Diversity and Metabolism
in Marine Sponges ........................................... 71
Weinbauer Markus G.
Viruses - The Overlooked Players ............................ 79
Feldhaar Heike, Zientz Evelyn, and Gross Roy
Metabolic Interactions between the Carpenter Ant
Camponotus floridanus and its Endosymbiont Blochmannia ...... 85
Sanchez-Contreras Maria, Dowling Andrea, Hares Michelle,
Waterfield Nicholas, and ffrench-Constant Richard
Photorhabdus Endosymbiosis and Pathogenesis ................. 91
Hacker Jörg, Dobrindt Ulrich, Ölschläger Tobias,
Merkert Hilde, and Blum-Oehler Gabriele
Evolution of Bacterial Virulence ............................ 99
Achtman Mark
The Problem of Endemic Bacteria ............................ 105
Roy Craig R.
Legionella Type IV Effectors that Target Conserved
Host Proteins .............................................. 109
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