Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Record Holders 41
Thiomargarita namibiensis 43
Eubostrichus dianeae epibacterium 46
Pelagibacter ubique 49
Nasuia deltocephalinicola 52
Minicystis rosea 55
JCVI-syn3.0 58
Lysinibacillus sphaericus 63
Extremists 67
Colwellia psychrerythraea 69
Methanopyrus kandleri 72
Paenibacillus xerothermodurans 75
Picrophilus torridus 78
Alkaliphilus transvaalensis 81
Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2 84
Janibacter hoylei 88
Halobacterium salinarum 91
Constrictibacter antarcticus 96
Cupriavidus metallidurans 99
Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum 102
Desulforudis audaxviator 105
Chromulinavorax destructans 109
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 112
Occupiers of Technological Habitats 115
Deinococcus radiodurans 117
Dehalococcoides mccartyi 120
Alcanivorax borkumensis 123
Ideonella sakaiensis 126
Burkholderia pseudomallei 129
Tersicoccus phoenicis 132
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 135
Exotic Eaters 139
Shewanella oneidensis 141
Candidatus Eremiobacter / Candidatus Dormibacter 144
Geobacter sulfurreducens 147
Ralstonia syzygii 150
Helpful Bacteria 153
Lactococcus lactis 155
Acetobacter aceti 158
Propionibacterium freudenreichii 161
Bradyrhizobium japonicum 164
Bacillus thuringiensis 167
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans 170
Bacillus cohnii 173
Cytophaga hutchinsonii 176
Clostridium autoethanogenum 179
Dangerous Bacteria 183
Bacillus anthracis 185
Yersinia pestis 188
Listeria monocytogenes 192
Campylobacter jejuni 195
Legionella pneumophila 198
Helicobacter pylori 201
Staphylococcus aureus 204
Serratia marcescens 209
Escherichia coli 212
Epilogue 215
Bibliography 218
Resources 219
Index 220