Published September, 2012
By Yoshimitsu Hamano
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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Microorganisms are capable of producing a wide variety of biopolymers. Homopolymer peptides, which are made up of only a single type of amino acid, are far less ubiquitous. Poly-glutamic acid is also a highly attractive as a food ingredient.

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Published August, 2012
By Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui and Nami Tatsumi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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Aspects of gene regulation, metabolic pathways, sugar uptake, protein secretion, cell division and biorefinery applications highlight the enormous biotechnological and biorefinery potential.

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Published November, 2011
By Slava S. Epstein
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Series: Microbiology Monographs
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In the years to follow, the Anomaly was repeatedly confirmed by all microb- logists who cared to compare the cell count in the inoculum to the colony count in the Petri dish (cf., Cholodny 1929;

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Published July, 2011
By Min-Tze Liong
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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Reviews cover the biology and probiotic potential of the thoroughly studied prokaryotic genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, several eukaryotic microorganisms, probiotic strain characterization, and the analytical methods (such as FISH, microarray, and high throughput sequencing) required for their study.

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Published November, 2010
By Dietrich H. Nies and Simon Silver
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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This book covers allocation of metals in cells, metal transporter, storage and metalloregulatory proteins, cellular responses to metal ion stress, transcription of genes involved in metal ion homeostasis, uptake of essential metals, metal efflux and other detoxification mechanisms.

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Published November, 2010
By Jan Tachezy
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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"Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes" provides a summary of the current knowledge of these organelles which occur in unicellular, often parasitic organisms, including human pathogens. These organelles exhibit a variety of structures and functions. Further topics include organelle evolution and biogenesis.

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Published November, 2010
By Friedhelm Meinhardt and Roland Klassen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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A book that constitutes the first attempt to comprehensively assemble current knowledge of different types of such elements, highlight recent developments in the field, and challenge the distinction between viruses and linear plasmids.

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Published November, 2010
By Jessup M. Shively
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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The new series "Microbiology Monographs" begins with two volumes on intracellular components in prokaryotes. In this second volume, "Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes", the components, labeled complex intracellular structures, encompass a multitude of important cellular functions.

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Published October, 2010
By Edward Schwartz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of 100 kb and larger. Microbial Megaplasmids reviews our knowledge of the extensively studied representatives. It also presents snapshots of more recently discovered megaplasmids.

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Published September, 2010
By Johannes H.P. Hackstein
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Microbiology Monographs
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This updated monograph deals with methanogenic endosymbionts of anaerobic protists, in particular ciliates and termite flagellates, and with methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of vertebrates and arthropods.

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