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Advances in applied microbiology. Volume 64 /
Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in Microbiology. The series contains comprehensive reviews of the most current research in applied microbiology. Recent areas covered include bacterial diversity in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Advances in applied microbiology ;
v. 64 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Advances in Applied Microbiology; Copyright Page; TOCContents; Contributors; CHChapter 1: Diversity of Microbial Toluene Degradation Pathways; I. Introduction; II. Dioxygenase Mediated Pathway: Pseudomonas putida F1; A. Pathway details and enzymology; B. Genetics and regulation; III. Toluene 2-Monooxygenase Pathway: Burkholderia vietnamiensis G4; A. Pathway details and enzymology; B. Genetics and pathway regulation; IV. Toluene-3-monooxygenase Pathway: Ralstonia pickettii PKO1; V. Toluene-4-monooxygenase Pathway: Pseudomonas mendocina KR1
- VI. A Strain with Multiple Toluene Degradation Pathways: Burkholderia sp. Strain JS150VII. A Nonspecific Toluene Monooxygenase Pathway: Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1; A. Pathway details and enzymology; B. Pathway regulation; VIII. TOL Pathway: Pseudomonas putida mt-2; A. Pathway and enzymology; B. Genetics and regulation; IX. A Fungal Toluene Degradation Pathway; X. Anaerobic Toluene Pathway: Thauera aromatica K172; A. Pathway details and enzymology; B. Genetics and regulation; XI. Conclusions; Acknowledments; References
- CHChapter 2: Microbial Endocrinology: Experimental Design Issues in the Study of Interkingdom Signalling in Infectious DiseaseI. Microbial Endocrinology as a New Scientific Discipline; A. Overview and goal of review; B. The stress response and its influence on the immune system and the infectious agent; C. Mechanisms by which stress-related neuroendocrine hormones can enhance bacterial growth and virulence; D. The spectrum of catecholamine responsive bacteria; E. Catecholamine specificity in enteric bacteria; F. Molecular analyses of bacterial catecholamine responsiveness
- II. Experimental Design Issues in the Study of Microbial EndocrinologyA. Medium comparability; B. Bacterial inoculum size and its influence on stress neurohormone responsiveness; C. The importance of neuroendocrine hormone concentration; D. Neuroendocrine stress neurohormone assay methodologies; III. Conclusions and Future Directions; References; CHChapter 3: Molecular Genetics of Selenate Reduction by Enterobacter cloacae SLD1a-1; I. Introduction; II. Physiology and Biochemistry of E. cloacae SLD1a-1; III. Basic Systems of Molecular Genetics in Facultative Se-reducing Bacteria
- A. Growth of E. cloacae SLD1a-1 on selenate-containing agar platesB. Direct cloning experiments; C. Gene specific mutagenesis; D. Random mutagenesis using transposons; IV. Genetic Analysis of Selenate Reduction in E. cloacae SLD1a-1; V. A Molecular Model for Selenate Reduction in E. cloacae SLD1a-1; VI. Conclusions and Future Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; CHChapter 4: Metagenomics of Dental Biofilms; I. Introduction; II. Isolation of Metagenomic DNA; III. Sample Collection and Processing; IV. DNA Extraction; V. Preparation of the Insert DNA for Cloning