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Cell shape, division and development: the 2002 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) conference on prokaryotic development.

In the last decade, the use of cytological techniques, together with the analysis of complete genomes, has dramatically advanced our understanding of bacterial development. Work on several well-developed model systems such as Bacillus subtilis, Caulobacter crescentus, Myxococcus xanthus and Streptomyces spp., has provided us with an in-depth understanding of processes such as sporulation, multi...

‘Tuning’ an ASM Metric: Study in Metric ASM Optimization

Wc present an approximate string matching case study. An optimized version of the edit distance algorithm is described which has proven more accurate for a particular commercial application than the existing (benchmark) algorithm. The cvoluhon and nature of the optimization are detailed and test results are presented.

ASM Launches mBio

With this issue, ASM launches a new, interdisciplinary journal designed to accommodate the universe of microbiology and its allied disciplines under one roof. While perusing the pages of this first issue of mBio, one will note that there are articles addressing a myriad of questions in virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, immunology, ecology, and basic cell biology. To have papers fr...

ASM Launches mSphere

We live in an exceptionally dynamic and exciting time for the life sciences, in which our ability to acquire and disseminate knowledge is rapid, global, and everchanging. Technological advances have altered the way in which most life sciences laboratories operate. When I was a postdoc, substantial effort was needed to master basic molecular biology techniques that were complicated at the time b...