Population genomics is a rapidly emerging field that has the potential to transform our understanding of how evolutionary forces shape genomic diversity among microbes. There have already been considerable advances in understanding gene flow and spread of adaptive traits, and in linking epidemiology with evolutionary biology. The current challenge is to find unifying evolutionary principles for organisms that display a wide range of reproductive biology - from highly clonal to promiscuous - and for which the vast majority have eluded cultivation. This requires interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate novel computational tools, testing of existing and novel population genetic models, and creative new ways of linking genetic diversity to ecological factors. This pioneering book will discuss the advances made and promises of population genomics in microorganisms, outlining some of the key theoretical and practical challenges for microbial population genomics, including defining and identifying populations, genomics-based reverse ecology and building appropriate tools to understand microbes in a variety of complex environments.

Dr. Martin Polz Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
USA
Dr. Om P. Rajora Professor University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB E3C 5A3 Canada

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Dr. Martin PolzDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA
USA
Dr. Om P. RajoraProfessorUniversity of New BrunswickFredericton, NB E3C 5A3Canada

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Preface

I. Concepts and perspectives

1. Microbial Population Genomics Perspectives and Promises Martin Polz, MITOm Rajora, Umiversity of New Brunswick
2. Population Genomics and Microbial Species Concept Jesse Shapiro, University of Montreal
3. Population Genomics and Metagenomics Jill Banfield, University of California BerkeleyVincent Denef, University of Michigan
4. Reverse Ecology Martin Polz, MIT
5. Genomic and Computational Methods in Microbial Population GenomicsXavier Didelot, Imperial CollegeDaniel Falush, Swansea UniversityEric Alm, MIT
   II. Population Genomics of Bacteria 
6. Population Genomics of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria David Guttman, University of TorontoBoris Vinatzer, Virginia Tech
7. Population Genomics of Human Pathogenic Bacteria Bill Hanage, Harvard School of Public HealthEd Feil, University of BathNick Croucher, Imperial College
8. Population Genomics of Symbiotic Bacteria Nancy Moran, University of Texas, Austin
9. Population Genomics of Dairy Industrial Bacteria Paul W. O'Toole, University College, CorkPaola Cremonesi, NRC, Italy
10. Population Genomics of Environmental Bacteria and Archaea Rachel Whitaker, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDaniel Buckley, Cornell UniversityThane Papke, University of ConnecticutFrancisco Rodriguez-Valera, University Miguel Hernandez
    III. Population Genomics of Fungi
11. Population Genomics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi Michael G. Milgroom, Cornell University 
12. Population Genomics of Human Pathogenic Fungi Bruce McDonald, ETH Zurich Institute of Integrative Biology
13. Population Genomics and Yeast Biodiversity and Evolution Cletus P Kurtzman, USDA ARSGianni Liti, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham Mathew R. Goddard, University of Auckland, University of Lincoln
14. Population Genomics of Domestication in Yeast Edward J. Louis, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham;José Paulo Sampaio, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
    IV. Population Genomics of Viruses 
15. Population Genomics of Human Viruses Richard A. Neher, Max Planck Institute of Developmental BiologyFrancois Balloux, University of Cambridge
16. Population Genomics of Plant Viruses Zhongguo Xiong, University of ArizonaH.C. Prasanna, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research
17. Population Genomics of Bacterial Viruses Mathew Sullivan, University of Ohio
18. Population Genomics of Insect Viruses Robert S. Cornman, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARSClement Gilbert, Universite de Poitiers
    Index