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Advances in microbial physiology Volume 54 /

Advances in Microbial Physiology is one of the most successful and prestigious series from Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. It publishes topical and important reviews, interpreting physiology to include all material that contributes to our understanding of how microorganisms and their compone...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Poole, Robert K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Academic Press, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Advances in microbial physiology ; v. 54
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  • Front cover; Advances in Microbial Physiology; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 54; Chapter 1. Complex Regulatory Pathways Coordinate Cell-Cycle Progression and Development in Caulobacter crescentus; 1. Introduction; 2. Global regulation; 3. Polar structure biogenesis and function; 4. Chromosome replication and segregation, cell division, and cell shape; 5. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria; 1. Introduction; 2. Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria: physiology and taxonomy
  • 3. Anoxygenic phototrophic sulfur bacteria: ecology4. Transformations of sulfur compounds; 5. Oxidative sulfur metabolism: enzymes and genes; 6. Evolution of sulfur metabolism; 7. Sulfate assimilation in anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Carbon, Iron and Sulfur Metabolism in Acidophilic Micro-Organisms; 1. Acidophilic micro-organisms: overview; 2. Carbon metabolism in acidophilic micro-organisms; 3. Iron metabolism by acidophilic micro-organisms; 4. Sulfur metabolism by acidophilic micro-organisms; 5. Applied and ecological aspects
  • AcknowledgmentsReferences; Chapter 4. Chemostat-Based Micro-Array Analysis in Baker's Yeast; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental tools; 3. Specific growth rate; 4. Context dependency; 5. Functional analysis; 6. Evolutionary and reverse engineering; 7. Outlook; 8. Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. A Predatory Patchwork: Membrane and Surface Structures of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus; 1. Introduction; 2. The role of flagellar motility in predation; 3. The role of type iv pili in predation; 4. Outer membrane proteins; 5. Autotransporters; 6. The role of the sec system
  • 7. Membrane chemistry8. Peptidoglycan chemistry and metabolism; 9. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Color Plates