Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria

by Ljungdahl, Lars G.; Adams, Michael W. W.; Barton, Larry L.; Ferry, James G.; Johnson, Michael K.

• ISBN13: 9780387955926
• ISBN10: 0387955925
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

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 to survive, indeed even thrive, in extreme environments. Anaerobic bacteria often do not require oxygen, can survive extremes in temperature, and can withstand the presence of toxins and heavy metals. In addition, these organisms have very different metabolic processes than "conventional" microorganisms. The wide diversity of metabolism in anaerobes is only part of the story. They have distinct energies, cytochromes, electron transport proteins, hydrogenases and dohydrogenases. Their molecular biology, physiology, and ability to use many types of electron receptors (CO2, sulfur, nitrogen and metal oxides) are also extraordinary.With practical applications ranging from wastewater treatment to food storage issues, clinical diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of medical conditions to decontamination of heavy metal exposures BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA will prove indispensable to researchers and students alike.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	xiii
Anaerobes in the Recycling of Elements in the Biosphere	1	(10)
Howard Gest
The Diversity of Energy Sources of Microorganisms	11	(9)
Hans Gunter Schlegel
Mechanism of Hydrogen Activation	20	(15)
Simon P.J. Albracht
Reductive Activation of Aerobically Purified Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hydrogenase: Mossbauer Characterization of the Catalytic H Cluster	35	(11)
Boi Hanh Huynh
Pedro Tavares
Alice S. Pereira
Isabel Moura
Jose J.G. Moura
Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis	46	(21)
Jeffrey N. Agar
Dennis R. Dean
Michael K. Johnson
Genes and Proteins Involved in Nickel-Dependent Hydrogenase Expression	67	(18)
R.J. Maier
J. Olson
N. Mehta
Genes and Genetic Manipulations of Desulfovibrio	85	(14)
Judy D. Wall
Christopher L. Hemme
Barbara Rapp-Giles
Joseph A. Ringbauer, Jr.
Laurence Casalot
Tara Giblin
Function and Assembly of Electron-Transport Complexes in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough	99	(14)
Gerrit Voordouw
Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Anaerobic Eukaryotes	113	(15)
Richard Cammack
David S. Horner
Mark van der Giezen
Jaroslav Kulda
David Lloyd
Oxygen and Anaerobes	128	(15)
Donald M. Kurtz, Jr.
One-Carbon Metabolism in Methanogenic Anaerobes	143	(14)
James G. Ferry
Selenium-Dependent Enzymes from Clostridia	157	(14)
William T. Self
How the Diverse Physiologic Potentials of Acetogens Determine Their In Situ Realities	171	(20)
Harold L. Drake
Kirsten Kusel
Electron-Transport System in Acetogens	191	(14)
Amaresh Das
Lars G. Ljungdahl
Microbial Inorganic Sulfur Oxidation: The APS Pathway	205	(15)
Donovan P. Kelly
Reduction of Metals and Nonessential Elements by Anaerobes	220	(15)
Larry L. Barton
Richard M. Plunkett
Bruce M. Thomson
Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Iron(III)-Reducer	235	(17)
Juergen Wiegel
Justin Hanel
Kaya Aygen
Electron Flow in Ferrous Biocorrosion	252	(9)
E.J. Laishley
R.D. Bryant
Index	261