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The Prokaryotes

Introduction

Microorganisms are specialists. In any particular ecological niche, one microorganism or a limited number of strains dominates. These microorganisms have evolved the ability to survive in this niche for long periods when growth is impossible, and then when nutrients become available, they can outgrow their competitors. The fast growth of microorganisms depends largely on their high surface-to-volume ratio, which allows for the efficient uptake of nutrients and release of waste products. The price that the microorganism pays for the high surface-to-volume ratio is that it is totally exposed. All the components outside of the cell must function under the specific conditions of the ecological niche. Probably for this reason, the diversity of the microbial world is best expressed on the outside of the cell.

In any heterogenous system, boundaries are of fundamental importance to the behavior of the system as a whole. Therefore, it is not surprising that microorganisms, having a...

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin Professor Dr. (Editor-in-Chief) (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

  5. DSMZ- German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany

    Erko Stackebrandt

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Rosenberg, E. (2006). Biosurfactants. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30741-9_25

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