Discover the world of microbes/ bacteria, archaea, and viruses Gerhard Gottschalk
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TextPublication details: Germany: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012Description: 388 pISBN: 9783527328451Subject(s): Marine microbiology | Bacteria | bacteriaDDC classification: 579 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Discover the World of Microbes: Bacteria, Archae, and Viruses --
Contents --
Preface --
Prolog --
Part One: Reading Section --
Chapter 1: Extremely small but incredibly active --
Chapter 2: Bacteria are organisms like you and me --
Chapter 3: My name is LUCA --
Chapter 4: From the Big Bang to LUCA --
Chapter 5: O2 --
Chapter 6: Life in boiling water --
Chapter 7: Life in the Dead Sea --
Chapter 8: Bacteria and archaea are everywhere --
Chapter 9: The power of photosynthesis, even in almost complete darkness --
Chapter 10: Man and his microbes --
Chapter 11: Without bacteria there is no protein --
Chapter 12: Napoleon's victory gardens --
Chapter 13: Alessandro Volta's and George Washington's combustible air --
Chapter 14: Microbes as climate makers --
Chapter 15: How a state was founded with the aid of Clostridium acetobutylicum --
Chapter 16: Pulque, wine, and biofuel --
Chapter 17: Energy conservation from renewable resources --
Chapter 18: Cheese and vinegar --
Chapter 19: The periodic table of bioelements --
Chapter 20: Bacterial sex life --
Chapter 21: Bacteria can also catch viruses --
Chapter 22: Antibiotics: from microorganisms against microorganisms --
Chapter 23: Plasmids and resistances --
Chapter 24: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a genetic engineer par excellence --
Chapter 25: Eco R1 and PCR --
molecular biology at its f inest --
Chapter 26: Interbacterial relationships --
Chapter 27: From life as a nomad to life as an endosymbiont --
Chapter 28: Bacteria as production factories --
Chapter 29: Plants, animals, and humans as food resources for bacteria --
Chapter 30: Viruses, chemicals causing epidemics? --
Chapter 31: The "omics" era --
Chapter 32: Incredible m icrobes --
Epilog --
Part Two: Study Guide --
Overview to the Study Guide --
Section 1: Microbial growth --
Section 2: Molecules that make up microbes. Section 3: Evolution, from the RNA world to the tree of life --
Section 4: Archaea --
Section 5: Bacterial diversity --
Section 6: Membranes and energy --
Section 7: Carbon metabolism --
Section 8: Regulation of microbial metabolism --
Section 9: Genomes, genes, and gene transfer --
Section 10: In-depth study of four special topics --
Appendix A Selected literature --
Appendix B Glossary --
Appendix C Subject index of f igures and tables --
Credits --
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