Introduction: becoming bacteriocentric
1. Ancient hyperthermophiles and thermophilic green nonsulfurs
Introduction to the archaea
3. Hyperthermophilic archaea
Introduction to the proteobacteria
8. Gamma and delta proteobacteria of non-sulfur-rich environments
9. Gamma and delta proteobacteria of sulfur-rich environments
Introduction to the gram-positive bacteria
10. Gram-positive bacteria of foods and drinks
11. Gram-positive bacteria of soils and other substrates
12. Gram-positive bacteria as symbionts of animals and plants
Introduction to the cyanobacteria
13. Cyanobacteria of aquatic and terrestrial habitats
14. Cyanobacteria associations with other organisms
15. Bacteroides, gliders, and their relatives
17. Thermus and Deinococcus
18. Planctomycetes and their relatives.
