Strict and Facultative Anaerobes: Medical and Environmental Aspects

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Michiko M. Nakano, Peter Zuber
CRC Press, 20 ott 2004 - 390 pagine
Strict and Facultative Anaerobes: Medical and Environmental Aspects reviews all aspects of anaerobic bacteria, highlighting their environmental and medical importance. The first three chapters focus on taxonomy, anaerobic metabolism and the genetic regulation of anaerobic processes in strict and facultative anaerobes. The next section includes an examination of the physiological traits of anaerobic bacteria that enable them to be beneficial in one situation but hazardous to human and animal health in others. Other topics include the anaerobic nature of infections, latency, anaerobic biofilms, and toxin production. The final section reviews iron, selenate, and arsenate reduction, as well as oxidation of halogenated organics, ammonium oxidation, and acetogenesis.

This important book provides detailed coverage of the wide-ranging capabilities of anaerobic bacteria. It examines their basic biology and chemistry, medical importance, and applications in biotechnology and environmental science. It is an essential reference for everyone interested in anaerobic bacteria, environmental biology, medical microbiology, and industrial bacteriology.
 

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An Overview of Anaerobic Metabolism
27
Redox OxygenDependent Gene Regulation in Facultative Anaerobes
67
Anaerobic Metabolism by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Airway
87
Genetic Analysis of Oral Biofilms
109
The Gut Microflora
125
The Bacillus Holds its Breath Latency and the Hypoxic Response
145
Molecular Basis for Aerotolerance of the Obligately Anaerobic Bacteroides spp
161
Structure and Mode of Action
171
Bioremediation Processes Coupled to the Microbial Reduction of
221
Prokaryotic Arsenate and Selenate Respiration
239
Molecular and Cellular Biology of Acetogenic Bacteria
251
Anaerobic Oxidation of Inorganic Nitrogen Compounds
283
Reductive Dehalogenation of Polychlorinated Benzenes and Dioxins
303
Biotransformation of Carbon Tetrachloride by the Facultative Anaerobic
317
The Clostridial Cellulosome
343
Microbial Community Structure and Functions in Methane Fermentation
361

Toxin Gene Regulation in Clostridium
199
Use of Anaerobic Bacteria for Cancer Therapy
211

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