Advances in Microbial Physiology

by Robert K. Poole (Editor), David J. Kelly (Editor)

Overview

Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 79, the latest release in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting and timely chapters authored by an international board of subject matter experts.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in the Advances in Microbial Physiology series

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128246023
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/25/2021
Series:	Advances in Microbial Physiology , #79
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Professor Robert Poole is West Riding Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sheffield. He has >35 years’ experience of bacterial physiology and bioenergetics, in particular O2-, CO- and NO-reactive proteins, and has published >300 papers (h=48, 2013). He was Chairman of the Plant and Microbial Sciences Committee of the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and has held numerous grants from BBSRC, the Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts and the EC. He coordinates an international SysMO systems biology consortium. He published pioneering studies of bacterial oxidases and globins and discovered the bacterial flavohaemoglobin gene (hmp) and its function in NO detoxification He recently published the first systems analyses of responses of bacteria to novel carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CORMs) and is a world leader in NO, CO and CORM research.

Professor David Kelly is Emeritus Professor of Microbial Physiology at the University of Sheffield. He has >35 years research expertise in bacterial physiology and biochemistry, membrane protein transport processes and bioenergetics, and has worked with the zoonotic food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni for >25 years. His laboratory has been engaged in a major program to study C. jejuni physiology, in particular the responses to oxygen, many aspects of carbon metabolism and functional analysis of the electron transport chains. He has long-standing interests in membrane transport mechanisms and in the 1990s discovered an entirely new class of periplasmic binding-protein dependent prokaryotic solute transporters, the TRAP transporters, now known to be common in a diverse range of bacteria and archaea. He has published >150 papers (h=42, 2021), held numerous grants, served on grant committees and has been a regular invited speaker at national and international conferences.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Dave J. Kelly and Robert k. Poole

1. The Wolfe cycle of carbon dioxide reduction to methane revisited and the Ralph Stoner Wolfe legacy at 100 years

2. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa whole genome sequence: A 20th anniversary celebration

3. Extracellular haem utilization by the opportunistic 3. pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its role in virulence and pathogenesis

4. Evolutionary trade-offs between growth and survival: The delicate balance between reproductive success and longevity in bacteria

5. Oxygen levels are key to understanding "Anaerobic" protozoan pathogens with micro-aerophilic lifestyles

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This series continually publishes cutting-edge reviews in the field of microbial physiology

Editorial Reviews

This book, the 39th volume in the series "Advances in Microbial Physiology, contains seven of state-of the-art review articles. The Advances series is written to present a review of the current knowledge in each of the selected subjects. The topics that are covered will be of interest to a limited number of investigators, particularly physiologists and ecologists. The book is intended for both basic scientists working in the area of microbial physiology as well as an audience with more than a strong knowledge in this field. Each review discusses in depth the biochemical, genetic, and molecular biological approaches that are being used to build the current level of understanding of physiological mechanisms. The book as written offers to be of vast practical utility to both applied and basic scientists. The editorial staff of this series solicits contributions from internationally recognized scientists. Each review is current, well-written, and sufficiently illustrated. Each is well supported by current and appropriate references. The topics covered in this volume include: nitrate assimilation, clostridial carbohydrate to solvent conversion, mycobacterial envelope layers, effects of fermentation acids on growth, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, microbial circadian and ultradian rhythms, and utilization of unusual carbon compounds by anoxygenic phototrophs. These reviews, and the Advances series in general, deal with issues that are so specialized as to limit the general appeal of the book. The book would be of most benefit to those individuals who are currently conducting research in the fields reviewed in this volume, although, as with the previous volumes of the Advances series, eachedition will be a valuable resource for both basic and applied scientists. The book will be a useful addition to the private libraries of researchers in microbial physiology, ecology, and biotechnology.

Eugene M. Muller

This series has consistently presented a well-balanced account of Progress in microbial physiology...invaluable for teaching purposes.

American Scientist

"This series has consistently presented a well balanced account of progress in microbial physiology...invaluable for teaching purposes." —American Scientist

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