Bacterial Metabolism, Second Edition describes microbial systematics and microbial chemistry and focuses on catabolic events. This book deals with the progress made in bacterial metabolism that includes data on regulatory mechanisms; comparison of bacterial growth kinetics with enzyme kinetics; aerobic amino acid catabolism; and the glucose transport mechanism. This text also emphasizes the development of photosynthetic phosphorylation in the different bacterial families. This book explains anaerobic respiration and carbohydrate metabolism-glucose, fructose, lactose, mannose, allose, and sorbitol. This text then describes aerobic respiration including the "Nitroso" and "Nitro" groups of genera, and the Knallgas bacteria, which use the reaction between molecular hydrogen and molecular oxygen as their source of energy. This book also explains the microbial transformation of iron as caused by either specific organisms (e. g. Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans) or nonspecific organisms. This selection also explains the process of fermentation by Enterobacteriaceae, lactic acid bacteria, and proteolytic clostridia. This text can be valuable for microchemists, microbiologists, students, and academicians whose disciplines are in biological chemistry and cellular biology.
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1;Front Cover;1 2;Bacterial Metabolism;4 3;Copyright Page;5 4;Table of Contents;6 5;Preface;10 6;Preface to the First Edition;12 7;Chapter 1. Thermodynamics of Biological Reactions;16 7.1;Concepts of Thermodynamics;16 7.2;Free Energy;22 7.3;References;50 7.4;Supplementary Readings;51 7.5;Questions;51 8;Chapter 2. Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Bacterial Growth Kinetics;53 8.1;Enzymes;53 8.2;Coenzymes;60 8.3;Bacterial Growth Kinetics;81 8.4;References;92 8.5;Supplementary Readings;97 8.6;Questions;97 9;Chapter 3. Photosynthesis and Photometabolism;99 9.1;Terminology in Bacterial Metabolism;99 9.2;Photosynthesis;102 9.3;Photometabolism;131 9.4;Photochemical Nitrogen Fixation;149 9.5;The Electron Acceptor in Purple Bacteria;150 9.6;Evolution of Photosynthesis;152 9.7;References;152 9.8;Supplementary Readings;170 9.9;Questions;170 10;Chapter 4. Anaerobic Respiration;172 10.1;Sulfur Compounds as Electron Acceptors;173 10.2;Nitrate as Electron Acceptor;186 10.3;Carbon Dioxide as Electron Acceptor;204 10.4;References;208 10.5;Supplementary Readings;221 10.6;Questions;222 11;Chapter 5. Carbohydrate Metabolism;223 11.1;Glucose Metabolism;223 11.2;Fructose Metabolism;274 11.3;Lactose Metabolism;275 11.4;Mannose Metabolism;276 11.5;Allose Metabolism;278 11.6;Gluconate Metabolism;279 11.7;Mannitol Metabolism;282 11.8;Sorbitol Metabolism;284 11.9;Inositol Metabolism;285 11.10;Hexuronic Acid Metabolism;288 11.11;Peritose and Pentitol Metabolism;289 11.12;Glycerol Metabolism;296 11.13;Polyol Metabolism of Acetic Acid Bacteria;298 11.14;Glycol Oxidation;299 11.15;2,3-Butanediol Metabolism;303 11.16;References;305 11.17;Questions;326 12;Chapter 6. Aerobic RespirationChemolithotrophic Bacteria;327 12.1;The "Nitroso" Group of Genera;328 12.2;The "Nitro" Group of Genera;334 12.3;Hydrogenomonas or Knallgas Bacteria;341 12.4;The Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria;348 12.5;The Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria;354 12.6;Autotrophy and Heterotrophy;369 12.7;References;380 12.8;Questions;393 13;Chapter 7. Aerobic Res
pirationChemoorganotrophic Bacteria;395 13.1;Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle;395 13.2;Electron Transport in Aerobic Microorganisms;409 13.3;Carboxylic Acid Metabolism;417 13.4;Regulatory Mechanisms of Carboxylic Acid Metabolism;437 13.5;Ethanol Metabolism;449 13.6;Methane Oxidation;450 13.7;Amino Acid Metabolism;457 13.8;References;481 13.9;Questions;503 14;Chapter 8. Aerobic RespirationHydrocarbon Metabolism;505 14.1;Oxidation of Alkanes and Alkenes;507 14.2;Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons;514 14.3;Metabolism of Halogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons;533 14.4;Regulation of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolism;536 14.5;Metabolism of Phenoxyalkyl Carboxylic Acids;540 14.6;Metabolism of Riboflavin;548 14.7;Metabolism of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine);548 14.8;Metabolism of Steroids;551 14.9;Metabolism of Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons;552 14.10;Metabolism of p-Toluene Sulfonate;553 14.11;Metabolism of Coumarin;554 14.12;Metabolism of Pipecolate;555 14.13;Metabolism of 2-Furoic Acid;556 14.14;Oxygenases;557 14.15;References;558 14.16;Questions;572 15;Chapter 9. Fermentation;574 15.1;Introduction;574 15.2;Carbon, Energy, and Balance;578 15.3;Fermentation of Propionic Acid Bacteria;580 15.4;Fermentation of Saccharolytic Clostridia;589 15.5;Fermentation of Enterobacteriaceae;606 15.6;Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Facultative Anaerobic Bacteria (Pasteur and Crabtree Effects);624 15.7;Fermentation of Lactic Acid Bacteria;637 15.8;Fermentation of Proteolytic Clostridia;661 15.9;References;682 15.10;Questions;706 16;Subject Index;708 17;Microorganism Index;746
