Advances in microbial physiology. Volume eighty five /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Poole, Robert K. (Editor), Kelly, David J. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, England ; Cambridge, MA ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2024]
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	Microbiology. Microorganisms > Physiology. Microbiology Micro-organismes > Physiologie. Microbiologie. microbiology. Microorganisms > Physiology Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Advances in Microbial Physiology
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter One: The genetic basis of predation by myxobacteria
1 The myxobacteria
1.1 Myxobacterial diversity and distribution
1.1.1 Myxobacterial taxonomy
1.1.2 Myxobacterial distribution
1.2 Myxobacterial multicellular behaviours
1.2.1 Swarming motility
1.2.2 Multicellular development
1.2.3 Multicellular predation
2 Myxobacterial predatory activity
2.1 Prey range
2.1.1 Breadth of predatory activity
2.1.2 Outcomes/prey responses
2.1.3 Evolutionary/ecological aspects
2.2 Contact-dependent killing
2.2.1 The kil system
2.2.2 Single-cell analyses
2.3 Secreted factors
2.3.1 Commons
2.3.2 Cooperativity
2.3.3 Ecological considerations
3 The genetic basis of predatory activity
3.1 Molecular genetic studies
3.2 'Omic studies
4 Applications in biological control
4.1 Sectors
4.1.1 Food systems and agriculture
4.1.2 Medicine
4.2 Strains for biological control
4.2.1 Selection
4.2.2 Evolution
4.2.3 Genetic modification
4.2.4 Negatively correlated genes
5 Perspectives
5.1 The role of models
5.2 Evolve, engineer and/or select
References
Chapter Two: Utilisation of low methane concentrations by methanotrophs
1 Introduction
2 Methane oxidation systems
2.1 The known methane oxidation enzymes
2.2 The pMMO
3 Possibility of a high affinity pMMO
3.1 Environmental samples and pure cultures
3.2 Whole cell methane consumption kinetics
3.2.1 pMMO expression
3.2.2 Specific affinity in relation to the pMMO
3.2.3 The intracytoplasmic membranes (ICMs)
3.2.4 The provision of electrons to the pMMO in the aerobic methanotrophs
3.2.5 Diffusion of O2 and methane
3.2.5 Other factors
3.3 Summary: high affinity pMMO.
4 Growth on low methane concentrations
4.1 Growth on 200-1000 ppm methane
4.1.1 Nongrowth-associated maintenance energy (NGAME)
4.1.2 Cell size
4.1.3 Metabolic efficiency
4.1.4 Presence of a divergent pMMO
4.2 Growth on 100 ppm and below methane
4.2.1 Cometabolism
4.2.2 NGAME
4.3 Summary: growth on low methane concentrations
5 Strategies for decreasing methane to slow global warming
6 Future Work
6.1 Isolation and characterisation of new aerobic methanotrophs
6.2 Adaptive laboratory evolution
6.3 MMO engineering
6.4 Methane utilisation in the environment
6.5 Engineered technology
7 Summary
References
Chapter Three: The globins of cyanobacteria and green algae: An update
1 Introduction
1.1 Structural considerations
1.2 Chemical considerations
2 The haem-binding globins of cyanobacteria and green algae
2.1 Cyanobacterial haem-binding globins
2.1.1 T haemoglobins
2.1.1.1 Nostoc commune UTEX 584 GlbN
2.1.1.2 Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 GlbN
2.1.1.3 Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 GlbN
2.1.1.4 Other TrHbs
2.1.2 S haemoglobins
2.1.3 M haemoglobins
2.2 Chlorophytic haem-binding globins
2.2.1 T haemoglobins
2.2.1.1 Chlamydomonas TrHb1s
2.2.1.2 Other TrHbs
2.2.2 M haemoglobins
3 The linear tetrapyrrole-binding globins of cyanobacteria and algae
4 The RsbR-like proteins
5 Phylogeny of the five-branch globin superfamily
6 Applications
7 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter Four: Role of sulfidogenic members of the gut microbiota in human disease
1 The human gut microbiome
2 Diet and dysbiosis
3 Hydrogen sulfide in the gut
3.1 Endogenous H2S production
3.2 Microbial H2S production
3.3 Effects of H2S
4 Bilophila wadsworthia
4.1 Energy metabolism
4.1.1 Taurine metabolism.
4.1.2 Dissimilatory sulfite reduction
5 Sulfidogenic bacteria and disease
5.1 Diseases associated with intestinal bacterial overgrowth
5.1.1 Inflammatory bowel diseases
5.1.2 Colorectal cancer
5.1.3 Metabolic disorders
5.1.4 Central nervous system-related disorders
5.1.4.1 Parkinson's disease
5.1.4.2 Other disorders
5.1.5 Hypertension
5.2 Bacteremia and infection
5.2.1 Virulence features
6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Five: Staphylococcus aureus response and adaptation to vancomycin
1 Introduction
2 VISA and hVISA definitions
3 Clinical impact of VISA
4 Vancomycin mode of action and VISA phenotypes
5 Transient VISA
6 VISA mutations
7 Collateral susceptibility to antimicrobials
8 Collateral effects of VISA on phage susceptibility
9 Epistasis and stability
10 Perspectives
Acknowledgement
References
Further reading
Chapter Six: The past, present and future of polymicrobial infection research: Modelling, eavesdropping, terraforming and other stories
1 Introduction
1.1 Tapping into 'microbial dark matter'
1.2 The airway microbiota
1.2.1 Understanding the healthy respiratory microbiome
1.2.2 The respiratory microbiota in disease
1.3 The skin microbiota
1.3.1 The microbiota of healthy skin
1.3.2 The wound microbiota
2 Laboratory endeavours
2.1 Models for the study of polymicrobial infections
2.2 Models of CF lung microbiology
2.3 Chronic wound models
2.4 Ex vivo models
2.5 Invertebrate models
2.6 Vertebrate models
3 Imaging: direct observation and heterogeneity
4 The extracellular interactome: P. aeruginosa as micro-architect of the lung
5 Interspecies relations: social and antisocial microbes in infection
5.1 Bacterial interactions
5.1.1 P. aeruginosa and S. aureus.
5.1.2 The other neighbours of P. aeruginosa
5.2 Interkingdom interactions: bacteria and fungi
5.2.1 Interactions between C. albicans and P. aeruginosa
5.2.2 Interactions between C. albicans and S. aureus
5.2.3 Interactions between C. albicans and Streptococcus species
5.2.4 Interactions between A. fumigatus and P. aeruginosa
5.2.5 Interactions between A. fumigatus and others
5.3 The diverse forms of interspecies communication
6 Understanding the ecology of inter-species interactions: computational approaches and perspectives
6.1 The joys and miseries of 'curated' databases
6.2 Mathematical models
6.3 The current state of the art: rethinking levels of organisation
7 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
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