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William B. Whitman

Researcher at University of Georgia

Publications -  351
Citations -  33160

William B. Whitman is an academic researcher from University of Georgia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Methanococcus maripaludis & Genome. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 338 publications receiving 29930 citations. Previous affiliations of William B. Whitman include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen.

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Precise Measurement of the G+C Content of Deoxyribonucleic Acid by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Mostafa K. Mesbah, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1989 - 
TL;DR: High-performance liquid chromatography is a promising alternative for determining the G+C content of bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and may also be more accurate than indirect methods, such as the buoyant density and thermal denaturation methods.
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Prokaryotes: The unseen majority

William B. Whitman, +2 more
- 09 Jun 1998 - 
TL;DR: The number of prokaryotes and the total amount of their cellular carbon on earth are estimated to be 4-6 x 10(30) cells and 350-550 Pg of C (1 Pg = 10(15) g), respectively, which is 60-100% of the estimated total carbon in plants.
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Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences

Pablo Yarza, +9 more
- 01 Sep 2014 - 
TL;DR: This article proposes rational taxonomic boundaries for high taxa of bacteria and archaea on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence identities and suggests a rationale for the circumscription of uncultured taxa that is compatible with the taxonomy of cultured bacteria and Archaea.
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Report of the ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology.

Erko Stackebrandt, +12 more
- 01 May 2002 - 
TL;DR: An ad hoc committee for the re-evaluation of the species definition in bacteriology met in Gent, Belgium, in February 2002 and made various recommendations regarding the species definitions in the light of developments in methodologies available to systematists.
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Metabolic, phylogenetic, and ecological diversity of the methanogenic archaea.

Yuchen Liu, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: The ecology of methanogens highlights their complex interactions with other anaerobes and the physical and chemical factors controlling their function.