Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 75

✍ Scribed by Allen I. Laskin, Geoffrey M. Gadd, Sima Sariaslani

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 163
• Series: Advances in Applied Microbiology 75
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology. The series contains comprehensive reviews of the most current research in applied microbiology. Recent areas covered include bacterial diversity in the human gut, protozoan grazing of freshwater biofilms, metals in yeast fermentation processes and the interpretation of host-pathogen dialogue through microarrays. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including Archaea and sick building syndrome. Impact factor for 2009: 1.860. * Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts * Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field * Reference and guide for scientists and specialists involved in advancements in applied microbiology

✦ Table of Contents

Diversity, Structure, and Size of N2O-Producing Microbial Communities in Soils-What Matters for Their Functioning?......Page 4
Outer Membrane Vesicles......Page 5
Natural roles of OMVs......Page 7
Applications of OMVs......Page 10
Biotechnological importance......Page 11
Myxobacterial sociobiology......Page 13
Predation......Page 15
Multicellular development......Page 16
Motility......Page 18
Myxobacterial Vesicles......Page 19
OMVs of M. xanthus......Page 20
OMVs in M. xanthus biofilms......Page 21
OMVs in predation......Page 22
Cargo of myxobacterial OMVs......Page 25
Concluding Remarks......Page 26
References......Page 28
Introduction......Page 36
Global Importance of N2O Emissions......Page 37
Processes Leading to N2O Production......Page 39
Nitrifier denitrification......Page 40
Heterotrophic nitrification......Page 41
Denitrification......Page 42
Nitrate assimilation......Page 43
Ammonia oxidizer communities......Page 44
Denitrifier communities......Page 46
Importance of Diversity, Structure, and Size of Nitrifier and Denitrifier Communities for N2O Production in Soil.........Page 48
Diversity of nitrifier communities......Page 49
Structure of nitrifier communities......Page 50
Size of nitrifier communities......Page 51
Diversity of denitrifier communities and N2O emission......Page 53
Structure of denitrifier communities and N2O emission......Page 54
Size of denitrifier communities and N2O emission......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 58
References......Page 59
Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production in Green Algae......Page 73
The hydrogen economy......Page 74
Biophotolytic H2 Production......Page 75
PSII-independent pathways......Page 76
Sulfur depletion......Page 77
Role of starch and acetate during H2 production......Page 79
Choice of WT strain......Page 80
Engineering an O2-tolerant hydrogenase......Page 81
Dissipating the thylakoid proton gradient......Page 83
Targeting auxiliary electron transport pathways......Page 84
Cyclic electron flow......Page 85
Targeting fermentative pathways......Page 89
Decreasing the light-harvesting antennae......Page 91
Improving upon sulfur starvation......Page 92
Mutants with altered rates of photosynthesis to respiration......Page 93
Direct reduction in O2 levels......Page 94
Photobioreactors......Page 95
Tubular reactors......Page 96
Artificial systems......Page 98
Conclusions and Future Prospects......Page 99
References......Page 100
Mucosal Biofilm Communities in the Human Intestinal Tract......Page 113
Introduction......Page 114
Mucosal communities in the esophagus......Page 115
The gastric microbiota......Page 118
Mucosal-Associated Populations in the Large Bowel......Page 120
Alterations in Intestinal Mucosal Communities in IBD......Page 125
Therapeutic Manipulation of Mucosal Biofilm Communities......Page 132
Modeling Studies......Page 135
References......Page 137