Table of Contents
Contributors to Volume 54 ix
Complex Regulatory Pathways Coordinate Cell-Cycle Progression and Development in Caulobacter crescentus Pamela J.B. Brown Gail G. Hardy Michael J. Trimble Yves V. Brun
Abbreviations 2
1 Introduction 2
2 Global Regulation 3
3 Polar Structure Biogenesis and Function 32
4 Chromosome Replication and Segregation, Cell Division, and Cell Shape 60
5 Concluding Remarks 82
Acknowledgements 83
References 84
Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria Niels-Ulrik Frigaard Christiane Dahl
Abbreviations 105
1 Introduction 106
2 Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria: Physiology and Taxonomy 107
3 Anoxygenic Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria: Ecology 116
4 Transformations of Sulfur Compounds 118
5 Oxidative Sulfur Metabolism: Enzymes and Genes 126
6 Evolution of Sulfur Metabolism 165
7 Sulfate Assimilation in Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria 167
8 Conclusions 177
Acknowledgements 179
References 179
Carbon, Iron and Sulfur Metabolism in Acidophilic Micro-Organisms D. Barrie Johnson Kevin B. Hallberg
1 Acidophilic Micro-organisms: Overview 202
2 Carbon Metabolism in Acidophilic Micro-organisms 206
3 Iron Metabolism by Acidophilic Micro-organisms 219
4 Sulfur Metabolism by Acidophilic Micro-organisms 230
5 Applied and Ecological Aspects 239
Acknowledgments 244
References 245
Chemostat-Based Micro-Array Analysis in Baker's Yeast Pascale Daran-Lapujade Jean-Marc Daran Antonius J.A. van Maris Johannes H. de Winde Jack T. Pronk
Abbreviations 258
1 Introduction 259
2 Experimental Tools 261
3 Specific Growth Rate 276
4 Context Dependency 279
5 Functional Analysis 282
6 Evolutionary and ReverseEngineering 290
7 Outlook 295
8 Concluding Remarks 298
Acknowledgements 299
References 299
A Predatory Patchwork: Membrane and Surface Structures of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Carey Lambert Laura Hobley Chien-Yi Chang Andrew Fenton Michael Capeness Liz Sockett
1 Introduction 314
2 The Role of Flagellar Motility in Predation 316
3 The Role of Type IV Pili in Predation 326
4 Outer Membrane Proteins 335
5 Autotransporters 340
6 The Role of the Sec System 344
7 Membrane Chemistry 345
8 Peptidoglycan Chemistry and Metabolism 349
9 Summary 354
Acknowledgements 355
References 355
Author Index 363
Subject Index 395