Bacterial metabolism /
Bacterial Metabolism, Second Edition describes microbial systematics and microbial chemistry and focuses on catabolic events. This book deals with the progress made in bacterial metabolism that includes data on regulatory mechanisms; comparison of bacterial growth kinetics with enzyme kinetics; aero...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1975.
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| Edición: | 2d ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: Thermodynamics of Biological Reactions; Publisher Summary; Concepts of Thermodynamics; Free Energy; Questions; Chapter 2: Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Bacterial Growth Kinetics; Publisher Summary; Enzymes; Coenzymes; Bacterial Growth Kinetics; Questions; Chapter 3: Photosynthesis and Photometabolism; Publisher Summary; Terminology in Bacterial Metabolism; Photosynthesis; Photometabolism; Anaerobic Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Reductive CO2 Fixation; Photochemical Nitrogen Fixation
- The Electron Acceptor in Purple BacteriaEvolution of Photosynthesis; Questions; Chapter 4: Anaerobic Respiration; Publisher Summary; Sulfur Compounds as Electron Acceptors; Nitrate as Electron Acceptor; Carbon Dioxide as Electron Acceptor; Questions; Chapter 5: Carbohydrate Metabolism; Publisher Summary; Glucose Metabolism; Fructose Metabolism; Lactose Metabolism; Mannose Metabolism; Allose Metabolism; Gluconate Metabolism; Mannitol Metabolism; Sorbitol Metabolism; Inositol Metabolism; Hexuronic Acid Metabolism; Pentose and Pentitol Metabolism; Glycerol Metabolism
- Polyol Metabolism of Acetic Acid BacteriaGlycol Oxidation; 2,3-Butanediol Metabolism; Questions; Chapter 6: Aerobic Respiration-Chemolithotrophic Bacteria; Publisher Summary; The "Nitroso" Group of Genera; The "Nitro" Group of Genera; The Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria; The Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria; Autotrophy and Heterotrophy; Questions; Chapter 7: Aerobic Respiration-Chemoorganotrophic Bacteria; Publisher Summary; Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle; Electron Transport in Aerobic Microorganisms; Carboxylic Acid Metabolism; Regulatory Mechanisms of Carboxylic Acid Metabolism; Ethanol Metabolism
- Methane OxidationAmino Acid Metabolism; Questions; Chapter 8: Aerobic Respiration-Hydrocarbon Metabolism; Publisher Summary; Oxidation of Alkanes and Alkenes; Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Metabolism of Halogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Regulation of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolism; Metabolism of Phenoxyalkyl Carboxylic Acids; Metabolism of Riboflavin; Metabolism of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine); Metabolism of Steroids; Metabolism of Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons; Metabolism ofp-Toluene Sulfonate; Metabolism of Coumarin; Metabolism of Pipecolate; Metabolism of 2-Furoic Acid
- OxygenasesQuestions; Chapter 9: Fermentation; Publisher Summary; Introduction; Carbon, Energy, and Balance; Fermentation of Propionic Acid Bacteria; Fermentation of Saccharolytic Clostridia; Fermentation of Enterobacteriaceae; Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria (Pasteur and Crabtree Effects); Fermentation of Lactic Acid Bacteria; Fermentation of Proteolytic Clostridia; Questions; Subject Index; Microorganism Index


