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Advances in Microbial Physiology continues the long tradition of topical and important, cutting-edge reviews in microbiology.- Contains contributions from leading authorities- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field of microbial physiology.
4.1.7. Surface Exposure of Lipoproteins in Other Diderm Bacteria -- 4.2. How Do Lipoproteins Gain Access to the Cell Surface? -- 4.2.1. Role of the Bam Machinery in Lipoprotein Surface Exposure -- 4.2.2. Role of Slam Proteins in Lipoprotein Surface Exposure -- 4.2.3. Role of Secretion Systems in Lipoprotein Surface Exposure -- 4.2.4. Is There a Lipoprotein Flippase in Certain Bacteria? -- 4.3. Technical Approaches to Identify Surface-Exposed Lipoproteins -- 4.3.1. High-Throughput Approaches to Characterize the Cell Surface Proteome -- 4.3.1.1. Probe-Based Approaches -- 4.3.1.2. Membrane Shaving -- 4.3.2. Evaluation of the Surface Exposure of a Specific Lipoprotein -- 5. Conclusions and Perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter Two: The Making and Taking of Lipids: The Role of Bacterial Lipid Synthesis and the Harnessing of Host Lipids in ... -- 1. Bacterial Membrane Synthesis Review -- 1.1. Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Overview -- 1.1.1. Variations in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: The Generation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids -- 1.1.2. Transfer of Fatty Acids to Polar Head Groups -- 1.2. Polar Head Group Synthesis Review -- 1.3. Transcriptional Control of Membrane Synthesis -- 1.4. Postsynthesis Modification of Membranes -- 2. Membrane Alterations and Their Influences on Virulence Outcomes: The Extracellular Bacterial Pathogens -- 2.1. The Making: The Role of Bacterial De Novo Membrane Changes in Virulence -- 2.1.1. Fatty Acid Alterations and Virulence -- 2.1.2. Phospholipid Alterations: Cardiolipin in Stress Responses and Virulence of Pathogens -- 2.1.3. Phospholipid Alterations: Lysyl-Phosphatidylglycerol in the Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence of Pathogens -- 2.1.4. Bacterial Sphingolipids and Shaping the Intestinal Immune System.
4. Temperature Adaptations for Life at Low Temperatures -- 4.1. Regulation of Membrane Fluidity -- 4.2. Cold Proteins -- 4.3. Temperature and Protein Function -- 5. The Polar Microbial Communities and Genomics in the Changing Polar Ocean -- 6. Biogeochemical Cycles and the Loss of Sea Ice -- 7. The Role of Viruses -- 8. Can the Microbial Community Composition Be Used as Predictor of the Responses of Ecosystem Processes to Global Change? -- 9. Possible Avenues for Future Research and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.