Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ljungdahl, Lars G. (Editor), Adams, Michael W. (Editor), Barton, Larry L. (Editor), Ferry, James G. (Editor), Johnson, Michael K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Bacteriology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.

During the past twenty years, multitudes of exciting discoveries in the field of anaerobic bacteria have been made. Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria explores the full range of these microorganisms. Many anaerobes have been found to have the uniquely fascinating quality of being able...

Table of Contents:

• Anaerobes in the Recycling of Elements in the Biosphere
• The Diversity of Energy Sources of Microorganisms
• Mechanism of Hydrogen Activation
• Reductive Activation of Aerobically Purified Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hydrogenase: Mössbauer Characterization of the Catalytic H Cluster
• Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis
• Genes and Proteins Involved in Nickel-Dependent Hydrogenase Expression
• Genes and Genetic Manipulations of Desulfovibrio
• Function and Assembly of Electron-Transport Complexes in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
• Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Anaerobic Eukaryotes
• Oxygen and Anaerobes
• One-Carbon Metabolism in Methanogenic Anaerobes
• Selenium-Dependent Enzymes from Clostridia
• How the Diverse Physiologic Potentials of Acetogens Determine Their In Situ Realities
• Electron-Transport System in Acetogens
• Microbial Inorganic Sulfur Oxidation: The APS Pathway
• Reduction of Metals and Nonessential Elements by Anaerobes
• Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Iron(III)-Reducer
• Electron Flow in Ferrous Biocorrosion.