Brock biology of microorganisms / / Michael T. Madigan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale [and others]

• Autore: Madigan Michael T. <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, Mass., : Pearson, 2015
• Edizione: 14th global edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1,039 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
• Disciplina: 579
• Soggetto topico: Microbiology
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- UNIT 1 The Foundations of Microbiology -- Chapter 1 Microorganisms and Microbiology -- Microbiologynow Microbial Life Is Everywhere -- I Introduction and Major Themes of Microbiology -- 1.1 What Is Microbiology About and Why Is It Important? -- 1.2 Structure and Activities of Microbial Cells -- 1.3 Evolution and Diversity of Microbial Cells -- 1.4 Microorganisms and Their Environments -- 1.5 The Impact of Microorganisms on Humans -- II Microbiology in Historical Context -- 1.6 The Discovery of Microorganisms -- 1.7 Pasteur and Spontaneous Generation -- 1.8 Koch, Infectious Disease, and Pure Cultures -- Explore the Microbial World The Black Death Decoded -- 1.9 The Rise of Microbial Diversity -- 1.10 Modern Microbiology and Genomics -- Chapter 2 Microbial Cell Structure and Function -- Microbiology now Archaeal Tortoise and Hare -- I Microscopy -- 2.1 Discovering Cell Structure: Light Microscopy -- 2.2 Improving Contrast in Light Microscopy -- 2.3 Imaging Cells in Three Dimensions -- 2.4 Probing Cell Structure: Electron Microscopy -- II Cells of Bacteria and Archaea -- 2.5 Cell Morphology -- 2.6 Cell Size and the Significance of Being Small -- III The Cytoplasmic Membrane and Transport -- 2.7 Membrane Structure -- 2.8 Membrane Function -- 2.9 Nutrient Transport -- IV Cell Walls of Bacteria and Archaea -- 2.10 Peptidoglycan -- 2.11 LPS: The Outer Membrane -- 2.12 Archaeal Cell Walls -- V Other Cell Surface Structures and Inclusions -- 2.13 Cell Surface Structures -- 2.14 Cell Inclusions -- 2.15 Gas Vesicles -- 2.16 Endospores -- VI Microbial Locomotion -- 2.17 Flagella and Swimming Motility -- 2.18 Gliding Motility -- 2.19 Chemotaxis and Other Taxes -- VII Eukaryotic Microbial Cells -- 2.20 The Nucleus and Cell Division. ; 2.21 Mitochondria, Hydrogenosomes, and Chloroplasts -- 2.22 Other Major Eukaryotic Cell Structures -- Chapter 3 Microbial Metabolism -- Microbiology now A Metabolic Surprise -- I Laboratory Culture of Microorganisms -- 3.1 Cell Chemistry and Nutrition -- 3.2 Media and Laboratory Culture -- II Energetics, Enzymes, and Redox -- 3.3 Energy Classes of Microorganisms -- 3.4 Bioenergetics -- 3.5 Catalysis and Enzymes -- 3.6 Electron Donors and Acceptors -- 3.7 Energy-Rich Compounds -- III Fermentation and Respiration -- 3.8 Glycolysis -- 3.9 Fermentative Diversity and the Respiratory Option -- 3.10 Respiration: Electron Carriers -- 3.11 Respiration: The Proton Motive Force -- 3.12 Respiration: Citric Acid and Glyoxylate Cycles -- 3.13 Catabolic Diversity -- IV Biosyntheses -- 3.14 Sugars and Polysaccharides -- 3.15 Amino Acids and Nucleotides -- 3.16 Fatty Acids and Lipids -- 3.17 Nitrogen Fixation -- Chapter 4 Molecular Microbiology -- Microbiology now The Essence of Life: Molecular Microbiology -- I The Blueprint of Life: Structure of the Bacterial Genome -- 4.1 Macromolecules and Genes -- 4.2 The Double Helix -- 4.3 Genetic Elements: Chromosomes and Plasmids -- II Transmission of Genetic Information: DNA Replication -- 4.4 Templates and Enzymes -- 4.5 The Replication Fork -- 4.6 Bidirectional Replication and the Replisome -- III RNA Synthesis: Transcription -- 4.7 Transcription -- 4.8 The Unit of Transcription -- 4.9 Transcription in Archaea and Eukarya -- IV Protein Synthesis -- 4.10 Polypeptides, Amino Acids, and the Peptide Bond -- 4.11 Translation and the Genetic Code -- 4.12 Transfer RNA -- 4.13 Protein Synthesis -- 4.14 Protein Folding and Secretion -- Chapter 5 Microbial Growth and Control -- Microbiology now Did the First Cells on Earth Have Cell Walls? -- I Bacterial Cell Division -- 5.1 Binary fission -- 5.2 Fts Proteins and Cell Division. ; 5.3 MreB and Cell Morphology -- 5.4 Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis -- II Population Growth -- 5.5 Quantitative Aspects of Microbial Growth -- 5.6 The Growth Cycle -- 5.7 Continuous Culture -- III Measuring Microbial Growth -- 5.8 Microscopic Counts -- 5.9 Viable Counts -- 5.10 Spectrophotometry -- IV Effect of Temperature on Microbial Growth -- 5.11 Temperature Classes of Microorganisms -- Explore the Microbial World Stick or Swim -- 5.12 Microbial Life in the Cold -- 5.13 Microbial Life at High Temperatures -- V Other Environmental Effects on Microbial Growth -- 5.14 Effects of pH on Microbial Growth -- 5.15 Osmolarity and Microbial Growth -- 5.16 Oxygen and Microbial Growth -- VI Control of Microbial Growth -- 5.17 General Principles and Growth Control by Heat -- 5.18 Other Physical Control Methods: Radiation and Filtration -- 5.19 Chemical Control of Microbial Growth -- Unit 2 Genomics, Genetics, and Virology -- Chapter 6 Microbial Genomics -- Microbiology now Genomics and New Archaea -- I Investigating Genomes -- 6.1 Introduction to Genomics -- 6.2 Sequencing Genomes -- 6.3 Bioinformatics and Annotating Genomes -- II Microbial Genomes -- 6.4 Genome Size and Content -- 6.5 Genomes of Organelles -- 6.6 Eukaryotic Microbial Genomes -- III Functional Genomics -- 6.7 Microarrays and the Transcriptome -- 6.8 Proteomics and the Interactome -- 6.9 Metabolomics and Systems Biology -- 6.10 Metagenomics -- Explore The Microbial World The Synthetic Cell: Assembly Details -- IV The Evolution of Genomes -- 6.11 Gene Families, Duplications, and Deletions -- 6.12 Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Stability -- 6.13 Core Genome versus Pan Genome -- Chapter 7 Metabolic Regulation -- microbiologynow Luminescence or Lethality? -- I Overview of Regulation -- 7.1 Major Modes of Regulation -- II DNA-Binding Proteins and Transcriptional Regulation. ; 7.2 DNA-Binding Proteins -- 7.3 Negative Control: Repression and Induction -- 7.4 Positive Control: Activation -- 7.5 Global Control and the lac Operon -- 7.6 Transcription Controls in Archaea -- III Sensing and Signal Transduction -- 7.7 Two-Component Regulatory Systems -- 7.8 Regulation of Chemotaxis -- 7.9 Quorum Sensing -- 7.10 Other Global Control Networks -- IV Regulation of Development in Model Bacteria -- 7.11 Sporulation in Bacillus -- 7.12 Caulobacter Differentiation -- 7.13 Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrogenase, and Heterocyst Formation -- V RNA-Based Regulation -- 7.14 Regulatory RNAs: Small RNAs and Antisense RNA -- 7.15 Riboswitches -- 7.16 Attenuation -- VI Regulation of Enzymes and Other Proteins -- 7.17 Feedback Inhibition -- 7.18 Post-Translational Regulation -- Chapter 8 Viruses and Virology -- Microbiologynow Where Did Viruses Come From? -- I The Nature of Viruses -- 8.1 What Is a Virus? -- 8.2 Structure of the Virion -- 8.3 Overview of the Virus Life Cycle -- 8.4 Culturing, Detecting, and Counting Viruses -- II Bacteriophage Life Cycles -- 8.5 Attachment and Entry of Bacteriophage T4 -- 8.6 The T4 Genome -- 8.7 Replication of Bacteriophage T4 -- 8.8 Temperate Bacteriophages and Lysogeny -- III Viral Diversity and Ecology -- 8.9 An Overview of Bacterial Viruses -- 8.10 An Overview of Animal Viruses -- 8.11 The Virosphere and Viral Ecology -- Chapter 9 Viral Genomes and Diversity -- Microbiologynow Ever-Expanding Viral Diversity -- I Viral Genomes and Evolution -- 9.1 Size and Structure of Viral Genomes -- 9.2 Viral Evolution -- II Viruses with DNA Genomes -- 9.3 Single-Stranded DNA Bacteriophages: ΦX174 and M13 -- 9.4 Double-Stranded DNA Bacteriophages: T7 and Mu -- 9.5 Viruses of Archaea -- 9.6 Uniquely Replicating DNA Animal Viruses -- 9.7 DNA Tumor Viruses -- III Viruses with RNA Genomes -- 9.8 Positive-Strand RNA Viruses. ; 9.9 Negative-Strand RNA Animal Viruses -- 9.10 Double-Stranded RNA Viruses -- 9.11 Viruses That Use Reverse Transcriptase -- IV Subviral Agents -- 9.12 Viroids -- 9.13 Prions -- Chapter 10 Genetics of Bacteria and Archaea -- Microbiologynow Defunct Viruses or Secret Agents of Gene Transfer? -- I Mutation -- 10.1 Mutations and Mutants -- 10.2 Molecular Basis of Mutation -- 10.3 Reversions and Mutation Rates -- 10.4 Mutagenesis -- II Gene Transfer in Bacteria -- 10.5 Genetic Recombination -- 10.6 Transformation -- 10.7 Transduction -- 10.8 Conjugation -- 10.9 The Formation of Hfr Strains and Chromosome Mobilization -- III Gene Transfer in Archaea and Other Genetic Events -- 10.10 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Archaea -- 10.11 Mobile DNA: Transposable Elements -- 10.12 Preserving Genome Integrity: CRISPR Interference -- Chapter 11 Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology -- Microbiologynow From Pathogen to Tumor Assassin -- I Methods for Manipulating DNA -- 11.1 Restriction Enzymes and Nucleic Acid Separation -- 11.2 Nucleic Acid Hybridization -- 11.3 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -- 11.4 Essentials of Molecular Cloning -- 11.5 Molecular Methods for Mutagenesis -- 11.6 Gene Fusions and Reporter Genes -- II Gene Cloning -- 11.7 Plasmids as Cloning Vectors -- 11.8 Hosts for Cloning Vectors -- 11.9 Shuttle Vectors and Expression Vectors -- 11.10 Other Cloning Vectors -- III Products from Genetically Engineered Microorganisms -- 11.11 Expressing Mammalian Genes in Bacteria -- 11.12 Somatotropin and Other Mammalian Proteins -- 11.13 Transgenic Organisms in Agriculture and Aquaculture -- 11.14 Genetically Engineered Vaccines -- 11.15 Mining Genomes -- 11.16 Engineering Metabolic Pathways -- 11.17 Synthetic Biology -- Unit 3 Microbial Diversity -- Chapter 12 Microbial Evolution and Systematics -- Microbiologynow Gene Exchange and the Evolution of Marine Vibrio. ; I Early Earth and the Origin and Diversification of Life.
• Sommario/riassunto: The authoritative #1 textbook for introductory majors microbiology, Brock Biology of Microorganisms continues to set the standard for impeccable scholarship, accuracy, and outstanding illustrations and photos. This book for biology, microbiology, and other science majors balances cutting edge research with the concepts essential for understanding the field of microbiology, including strong coverage of ecology, evolution, and metabolism. The fourteenth edition seamlessly integrates the most current science, paying particular attention to molecular biology and how the genomic revolution has changed and is changing the field. This edition offers a streamlined, modern organization with a consistent level of detail and updated, visually compelling art program.
• Altri titoli varianti: Biology of microorganisms
• Titolo autorizzato: Brock biology of microorganisms
• ISBN: 9781292068312 (e-book); 9781292018317 (pbk.)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154798603321
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