Reviews " ''Edited books rarely work well, but this is a delightful exception...I wholeheartedly recommend this book.'' - Paul Rainey, Microbiology Today Description " Comprehensive synthesis of eukaryotic diversity and genome evolution " Integrates comparative genomic studies with eukaryotic microbiology " BIOL08BIOS " Provides insights that challenge traditional views of genome evolution " A single resource for currently widely dispersed information in a rapidly emerging area of biology Genomics and Evolution of Eukaryotic Microbes synthesizes the rapidly emerging fields of eukaryotic diversity and genome evolution. Eukaryotes (cells with nuclei) evolved as microbes and have existed on Earth for approximately two billion years. The tremendous diversity of eukaryotic microbes (protists) is often overlooked by those who study the macroscopic eukaryotic lineages: plants, animals, and fungi. Yet, eukaryotic microbes are of critical importance to ecosystems, human health, and our desire to understand biodiversity on Earth. By bringing together groundbreaking data from genome studies of diverse eukaryotic microbes, this book elucidates the many novelties among eukaryotic genomes and provides a single resource for otherwise widely dispersed information. Eukaryotic microorganisms impact both our health and our environment. These organisms include some of the deadliest known pathogens such as Plasmodium falciparum, a causative agent of malaria, and Entamoeba histolytica