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Sulphate-reducing bacteria : environmental and engineered systems /

The sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are a large group of anaerobic organisms that play an important role in many biogeochemical processes. Not only are they of early origins in the development of the biosphere, but their mechanisms of energy metabolism shed light on the limits of life processes in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barton, Larry, 1940-, Hamilton, W. Allan (William Allan), 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Energy metabolism and phylogenetic diversity of sulphate-reducing bacteria; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1.2 Thermodynamics; 1.1.3 Energy coupling; 1.2 DISSIMILATORY SULPHATE REDUCTION WITH H2; 1.2.1 Sulphate activation; 1.2.2 Cytoplasmic APS reduction; 1.2.3 Cytoplasmic bisulphite reduction; 1.2.4 Periplasmic H2 oxidation; 1.2.5 Transmembrane electron transport; 1.2.6 ATP synthesis and sulphate transport; 1.2.7 Proton stoichiometries; 1.2.8 Cytoplasmic H2 oxidation.
  • 1.3 DISSIMILATORY SULPHATE REDUCTION WITH ELECTRON DONORS OTHER THAN H21.3.1 Lactate oxidation and intraspecies H2 transfer; 1.3.2 Acetate (acetyl-CoA) oxidation to CO2; 1.3.3 Propionate oxidation; 1.4 TROPHIC INTERACTIONS OF SRB WITH OTHER MICROORGANISMS; 1.4.1 Oxic/anoxic interface; 1.4.2 Anoxic regions where sulphate is the most positive electron acceptor; 1.5 PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; REFERENCES; 2 Molecular strategies for studies of natural populations of sulphate-reducing microorganisms; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 16S rRNA SEQUENCING AND FINGERPRINTING; 2.2.1 Technical considerations.
  • 2.2.2 Fingerprinting methods2.2.3 Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); 2.2.4 Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism; 2.3 QUANTITATIVE MEMBRANE HYBRIDIZATION; 2.3.1 Probe labelling and membrane hybridization; 2.3.2 Probe characterization; 2.3.3 Linearity of response; 2.3.4 Analysis of natural systems; 2.3.5 Engineered systems; 2.4 FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH) AND COMBINATIONS OF FISH WITH OTHER TECHNIQUES; 2.5 REVERSE SAMPLE GENOME PROBING; 2.6 THE SRP-PHYLOCHIP: A MICROARRAY FOR DETECTION OF ALL CULTIVATED SRM.
  • 2.7 EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY OF FUNCTIONAL SRM GENES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SRM COMMUNITY ANALYSES2.8 ENVIRONMENTAL GENOMICS AND TRANSCRIPTOMICS; REFERENCES; 3 Functional genomics of sulphate-reducing prokaryotes; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GENOME SEQUENCING AND ANNOTATION; 3.2.1 Genome sequencing; 3.2.2 Genome annotation; 3.3 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; 3.4 COMPLETE GENOMES OF SULPHATE-REDUCING PROKARYOTES; 3.5 METABOLISM; 3.5.1 Energy metabolism; 3.5.2 Genomic organization of metabolic genes; 3.6 REGULATORY CAPACITIES.
  • 3.7 COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS3.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 4 Evaluation of stress response in sulphate-reducing bacteria through genome analysis; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 LOW TEMPERATURE STRESS; 4.3 SALT STRESS; 4.4 HEAT SHOCK; 4.5 NITRITE STRESS; 4.6 NITRATE STRESS; 4.7 ACID pH STRESS; 4.8 ALKALINE pH STRESS; 4.9 UNIVERSAL STRESS RESPONSE; REFERENCES; 5 Response of sulphate-reducing bacteria to oxygen; 5.1 PRESENCE OF SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN OXIDISED HABITATS; 5.2 OXYGEN TOLERANCE AND DETOXIFICATION; 5.3 AEROBIC RESPIRATION; 5.4 BEHAVIOUR IN OXYGEN GRADIENTS; 5.5 AGGREGATION.