Advances in microbial physiology. Volume sixty nine /

Advances in microbial physiology. Volume sixty nine /

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Imprint:Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Elsevier, 2016.
©2016
Description:1 online resource (266 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Microorganisms -- Physiology.
Microbiology.
Microbiology.
Microorganisms -- Physiology.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12379611
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Other authors / contributors:Poole, Robert K, editor.
ISBN:0128048220
9780128048221
Notes:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 19, 2016)
Other form:0128052384
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • 1. The Journey of Lipoproteins Through the Cell: One Birthplace, Multiple Destinations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Lipoprotein Journey Through the Cell: From the Cytoplasm to the Final Destination
  • 3. Factors Controlling the Sorting of Lipoproteins
  • 4. Surface Exposure of Lipoproteins
  • 5. Conclusions and Perspectives
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 2. The Making and Taking of Lipids: The Role of Bacterial Lipid Synthesis and the Harnessing of Host Lipids in Bacterial Pathogenesis
  • 1. Bacterial Membrane Synthesis Review
  • 2. Membrane Alterations and Their Influences on Virulence Outcomes: The Extracellular Bacterial Pathogens
  • 3. Utilization of Host Fatty Acids by Extracellular Pathogens: Roles in Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance
  • 4. Cholesterol and Sphingomyelin in the Virulence of Extracellular Pathogens
  • 5. Intracellular Organisms and the Use of Host Lipids to Promote Pathogenesis
  • 6. Specific Contributions of Host-Derived Lipids to P-SPOs
  • 7. The Contribution of Host-Derived Lipids to the Physiology of Intracellular Pathogens
  • 8. Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 3. The Impact of Gene Silencing on Horizontal Gene Transfer and Bacterial Evolution
  • 1. Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Driver of Bacterial Evolution
  • 2. Xenogeneic Silencing
  • 3. How Xenogeneic Silencing Facilitates Bacterial Evolution
  • 4. Why So Many H-NS Like Proteins?
  • References
  • 4. Polar Marine Microorganisms and Climate Change
  • 1. Polar Marine Bacteria and Climate Change
  • 2. The Polar Regions and Climate Change
  • 3. Temperature as Evolutionary Driver
  • 4. Temperature Adaptations for Life at Low Temperatures
  • 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

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