Outer Membrane Vesicles of Bacteria

• Main Authors: Chatterjee, S.N (Author), Chaudhuri, Keya (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Cell membranes.; Bacteriology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Membrane Biology.

This book provides a detailed account of the physico-chemical properties and biological functions of the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of different pathogenic and non-pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. It also includes an authentic record of the first systematic study that discovered the mechanism...

Table of Contents:

• Discovery of outer membrane vesicles: A revisit to the contemporary works
• Gram-negative bacteria: The cell membranes and the outer membrane vesicles
• Factors affecting production of outer membrane vesicles
• Outer membrane vesicles as carriers of biomaterials
• Outer membrane vesicles and the biofilm formation
• Outer membrane vesicles: Interaction with prokaryotes and eukaryotes
• Biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles
• Release of outer membrane vesicles: Is it a novel secretion mechanism ?- Outer membrane vesicles: Physiological and medical applications
• Concluding notes.