Chemical Microbiology (eBook)

An Introduction to Microbial Physiology

A. H. Rose (Autor)

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2014 | 3. Auflage
480 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-0355-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Chemical Microbiology: An Introduction to Microbial Physiology, Third Edition covers aspects of the chemical activities of microorganisms. The book describes the molecular architecture of microorganisms, the methods used in studying this molecular architecture; and the ways by which microorganisms can respond to and modify their environment. The text also discusses the various environmental factors that influence microbial activity. The book tackles the principles, the strategies employed, and the methods used in the studies of microbial metabolism. The transport of compounds into and out of microorganisms by the solute-transport processes and endocytosis; the principles of bioenergetics and biosynthesis; and the regulation of metabolism are also considered. The book tackles as well the growth, survival and differentiation of microorganisms. Biologists, microbiologists, chemical microbiologists, geneticists, and biochemists will find this book invaluable.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Chemical Microbiology: An Introduction to Microbial Physiology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Dedication 3
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION 6
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 9
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 12
CHAPTER 2. MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE 16
2.1 PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES 17
2.2 METHODS USED IN STUDYING THE MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE OF MICRO-ORGANISMS 17
2.3 SURFACE APPENDAGES 25
2.4 CAPSULES AND SLIME LAYERS 31
2.5 CELL WALLS 36
2.6 PLASMA MEMBRANES 56
2.7 INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES 71
2.8 GENOMES 74
2.9 RIBOSOMES 80
2.10 MITOCHONDRIA 83
2.11 PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS 86
2.12 OTHER CYTOPLASMIC INCLUSIONS AND GRANULES 91
2.13 SOLUBLE CYTOPLASMIC CONSTITUENTS 94
FURTHER READING 99
CHAPTER 3. THE ENVIRONMENT 104
3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 105
3.2 RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENT 147
3.3 MODIFICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT 155
FURTHER READING 157
CHAPTER 4. AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIALMETABOLISM 162
4.1 PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM 162
4.2 STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN STUDIES ON MICROBIAL METABOLISM 164
4.3 METHODS USED IN STUDIES ON MICROBIAL METABOLISM 166
CHAPTER 5. TRANSPORT OF COMPOUNDS INTO AND OUT OF MICRO-ORGANISMS 170
5.1 SOLUTE-TRANSPORT PROCESSES 171
5.2 ENDOCYTOSIS 188
FURTHER READING 190
CHAPTER 6. ENERGY-YIELDING METABOLISM 192
6.1 PRINCIPLES OF BIOENERGETICS 192
6.2 ENERGY FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 198
6.3 ENERGY FROM INORGANIC COMPOUNDS 241
6.4 ENERGY FROM VISIBLE RADIATION 245
FURTHER READING 251
CHAPTER 7. ENERGY EXPENDITURE: BIOSYNTHESES 256
7.1 THE ATP BALANCE SHEET 256
7.2 RAW MATERIALS FOR BIOSYNTHESES 261
7.3 NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS 273
7.4 OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND POLYSACCHARIDES 306
7.5 LIPIDS 316
7.6 TETRAPYRROLES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS 324
7.7 TERPENES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS 325
7.8 B-GROUP VITAMINS 327
7.9 SECONDARY METABOLITES 329
FURTHER READING 334
CHAPTER 8. REGULATION OF METABOLISM 338
8.1 GENETIC CONTROL 339
8.2 REGULATION OF ENZYiME ACTION 349
8.3 REGULATION OF ENZYME SYNTHESIS 357
FURTHER READING 367
CHAPTER 9. GROWTH AND SURVIVAL 370
9.1 GROWTH 370
9.2 GROWTH OF INDIVIDUAL MICRO-ORGANISMS 381
9.3 GROWTH OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS 386
9.4 SURVIVAL 402
FURTHER READING 405
CHAPTER 10. DIFFERENTIATION 408
10.1 MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN VEGETATI VEORGANISMS 410
10.2 SPORE FORMATION 413
10.3 FORMATION OF MULTICELLULAR STRUCTURES 428
FURTHER READING 431
INDEX 434

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-0355-2 / 1483103552
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-0355-6 / 9781483103556