Advances in Microbial Physiology
Academic Press
Published on 17. September 1990
311 pages
978-0-08-057991-7 (ISBN)
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Advances in Microbial Physiology
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A. H. Rose | D.W. Tempest
Advances in Microbial Physiology: v. 31
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07/1997
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 31
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. The TOL Plasmids: Determinants of the Catabolism of Toluene and the Xylenes
- I. Introduction
- II. Biochemistry of the pathway
- Ill. Organization of the catabolic genes
- IV. Regulation of catabolic genes
- V. Recombination and transposition
- VI. Growth of TOL strains on benzoate ("benzoate curing")
- VII. Evolution of catabolic pathways
- VIII. Use of TOL plasmid genes in construction of novel strains and vectors
- IX. Epilogue
- X. Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 2. Recent Research into the Physiology of Mycobacterium leprae
- I. Introduction
- II. Growth of Mycobacterium leprae
- III. The cell envelope
- IV. Metabolism in Mycobacterium leprae
- V. Interaction of Mycobacterium leprae with host cells
- VI. Possible applications
- VII. Conclusions
- VIII. Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 3. Magnetotactic Bacteria: Microbiology, Biomineralization, Palaeomagnetism and Biotechnology
- I. Introduction
- II. Occurrence
- Ill. Methods of study
- IV. Physiology
- V. Fine structure
- VI. Biomineralization
- VII. Magnetotaxis
- VIII. Palaeomagnetism
- IX. Biotechnological applications
- X. Addendum
- XI. Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 4. Microbial Stress Proteins
- I. Introduction
- II. What are stress proteins?
- III. Stress proteins are highly conserved
- IV. Induction of stress-protein synthesis
- V. Acquired thermotolerance
- VI. Immune response
- VII. Protein assembly and translocation
- VIII. Summary
- IX. Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 5. Microbial Anaerobic Respiration
- I. Introduction
- II. General overview of the organization and function of respiratory chains
- III. Methanogenesis
- IV. Sulphate as a respiratory oxidant
- V. Fumarate respiration
- VI. Oxides of nitrogen as respiratory oxidants
- VII. Other anaerobic oxidants
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
