Genetics of Bacteria

• Main Author: Srivastava, Sheela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Bacteriology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

Described as the earliest, simplest life forms, with unlimited metabolic versatility, bacteria are ideally suited to answer some very fundamental questions on life and its processes. They have been employed in almost all fields of biological studies, including Genetics. The whole edifice of science...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1.Bacteria and Science of Genetics
• Chapter 2.Gene Mutation—The Basic Mechanism of Generating Variability
• Chapter 3.Conjugation
• Chapter4.Transformation
• Chapter 5.Transduction
• Chapter 6.Plasmids and their Biology
• Chapter 7.Transposable Elements
• Additional Readings
• Index.