Brave Genomes: Microbial Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge covers the molecular and genome evolution of both eukaryotes and bacteria, while also elucidating on how global or segmental mutations, epigenetic mechanisms, and symbiosis change prokaryotic chromatin and how these changes may allow prokaryotes to survive. The book narrates, through a colloquial style and “real life” examples, how microorganisms cope with environmental changes, including unanticipated ones. Although it does comprise eukaryotes, it focuses on bacteria and (as much as possible) on archaea and...