BIOLOGY OF THE PROKARYOTES (H/C)

DESIGNED AS AN UPPER--LEVEL TEXTBOOK AND A REFERENCE FOR RESEARCHERS, THIS IMPORTANT BOOK CONCENTRATES ON CENTRAL CONCEPTS OF THE BACTERIAL LIFESTYLE. TAKING A REFRESHINGLY NEW APPROACH, IT PRESENT AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF THE PROKARYOTIC CELL AS AN ORGANISM AND AS A MEMBER OF AN INTERACTING POPULATION. BEGINNING WITH A DESCRIPTION OF CELLULAR STRUCTURES, THE TEXT PROCEEDS THROUGH METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND METABOLIC REACTIONS TO THE GENES AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS. AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY, A DISCUSSION OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION PROCESSES IS FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF PROKARYOTES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE BIOSPHERE. A CLOSING SECTION DEALS WITH MAN AND MICROBES (IE, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). * THE FIRST TEXT TO ADOPT AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF THE PROKARYOTIC CELL AS AN ORGANISM AND AS A MEMBER OF A POPULATION. * VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATES THE DIVERSITY OF THE PROKARYOTIC WORLD -- NEARLY ALL THE METABOLIC DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS IS FOUND IN MICROBES. * NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN APPLIE