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9780470090275

Bacteria in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine

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    9780470090275

  • ISBN10:

    0470090278

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-10-15
  • Publisher: WILEY
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Summary

Bacteria in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine is a broadly based textbook of pure and applied bacteriology. Written in clear language, the up-to-date text gives readers access to new ideas and developments in the current literature. The book is intended primarily for undergraduates and postgraduates in biology, biotechnology, medicine, veterinary science, pharmacology, microbiology, food science, environmental science and agriculture; no prior knowledge of bacteria is assumed. The sixth edition has been extensively updated; much of the text is new, or re-written, and there are many new references. Over 70 genera of bacteria, listed alphabetically, are described in the Appendix. Cross-references and a detailed index, maximise the accessibility of data. Reviews of previous editions: "....a useful survey of the subject for students contemplating specialization." -Nature "Singleton assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of DNA and gene expression, and does an extraordinary job of explaining things from scratch." -Quarterly Review of Biology "....recommended to undergraduates and those seeking clear explanations of basic concepts of bacteriology." -Journal of Medical Microbiology

Author Biography

Paul Singleton is an independent writer and editor in biomedical science. His works include DNA Methods in Clinical Microbiology; Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology; Bacteria in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine; and Antimicrobial Drug Action.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
The bacteria: an introduction
1(5)
What are bacteria?
1(2)
Why study bacteria?
3(1)
Classifying and naming bacteria
4(2)
The bacterial cell
6(38)
Shapes, sizes and arrangements of bacterial cells
6(4)
The bacterial cell: a closer look
10(33)
Trichomes and coenocytic bacteria
43(1)
Growth and reproduction
44(25)
Conditions for growth
44(5)
Growth in a single cell
49(12)
Growth in bacterial populations
61(7)
Diauxic growth
68(1)
Measuring growth
68(1)
Differentiation
69(12)
The life-cycle of Caulobacter
69(3)
Swarming
72(1)
Resting cells
73(4)
Akinetes, heterocysts, hormogonia
77(4)
Metabolism I: energy
81(36)
Energy metabolism in chemotrophs
83(13)
Energy metabolism in phototrophs
96(3)
Other topics in energy metabolism
99(3)
Transport systems
102(15)
Metabolism II: carbon
117(11)
Carbon assimilation in autotrophs
118(1)
Carbon assimilation in heterotrophs
119(3)
Synthesis, interconversion and polymerization of carbon compounds
122(4)
Methylotrophy in bacteria
126(2)
Molecular biology I: genes and gene expression
128(63)
Chromosomes and plasmids
128(4)
Nucleic acids: structure
132(6)
DNA replication
138(7)
DNA modification and restriction
145(2)
RNA synthesis: transcription
147(2)
Proteins: synthesis and other aspects
149(11)
DNA monitoring and repair
160(3)
Regulation of gene expression
163(25)
RNA
188(3)
Molecular biology II: changing the message
191(87)
Mutation
191(5)
Recombination
196(3)
Transposition
199(6)
Gene transfer
205(8)
Genetic engineering/recombinant DNA technology
213(65)
Bacteriophages
278(17)
Virulent phages: the lytic cycle
280(8)
Temperate phages: lysogeny
288(3)
Androphages
291(1)
Phage conversion
291(1)
Transduction
292(1)
How does phage DNA escape restriction in the host bacterium?
293(2)
Bacteria in the living world
295(21)
Microbial communities
295(5)
Saprotrophs, predators, parasites, symbionts
300(2)
Bacteria and the cycles of matter
302(8)
Ice-nucleation bacteria
310(1)
Bacteriology in situ---fact or fiction?
311(1)
The greenhouse effect
312(2)
Recombinant bacteria in the environment
314(1)
Uncultivable/uncultured bacteria
314(2)
Bacteria in medicine
316(77)
Bacteria as pathogens
316(1)
The routes of infection
317(13)
Pathogenesis
330(10)
The body's defences
340(18)
The pathogen: virulence factors
358(12)
Pathogen--host interactions: a new perspective
370(2)
The transmission of disease
372(1)
Laboratory detection and characterization of pathogens
373(6)
Prevention and control of bacterial diseases
379(1)
Notes on chemotherapy; phage therapy; biologicals
380(2)
Some bacterial diseases
382(11)
Applied bacteriology I: food
393(14)
Bacteria in the food industry
393(2)
Food preservation
395(5)
Food poisoning and food hygiene
400(7)
Applied bacteriology II: miscellaneous aspects
407(18)
Feeding animals, protecting plants
407(2)
Biomining (bioleaching)
409(2)
Biological washing powders
411(1)
Sewage treatment
411(4)
Water supplies
415(7)
Putting pathogens to work
422(1)
Plastics from bacteria: `Biopol'
422(1)
Bioremediation
423(1)
Biomimetic technology
424(1)
Some practical bacteriology
425(25)
Safety in the laboratory
425(1)
Bacteriological media
426(5)
Aseptic technique
431(1)
The tools of the bacteriologist
432(3)
Methods of inoculation
435(1)
Preparing a pure culture from a mixture of organisms
436(3)
Anaerobic incubation
439(2)
Counting bacteria
441(3)
Staining
444(2)
Microscopy
446(4)
Man against bacteria
450(31)
Sterilization
450(4)
Disinfection
454(3)
Antisepsis
457(1)
Antibiotics
457(24)
The identification and classification of bacteria
481(32)
Identification
481(19)
Classification (taxonomy) of prokaryotes
500(13)
Appendix Minidescriptions of some genera, families, orders and other categories of bacteria 513(16)
Index 529

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