| Unusual Two-Component Signal Transduction Pathways in the Actinobacteria | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Unusual Two-Component Systems in Actinobacteria | p. 6 |
| Orphan Two-Component Proteins | p. 16 |
| Conclusions and Perspectives | p. 20 |
| References | p. 21 |
| Acyl-HSL Signal Decay: Intrinsic to Bacterial Cell-Cell Communications | |
| Introduction | p. 27 |
| Acyl-HSL-Degrading Organisms, Enzymes, and Homologues | p. 28 |
| Mechanisms of Acyl-HSL Degradation | p. 36 |
| Specificity of Acyl-HSL-Degrading Enzymes | p. 46 |
| Acyl-HSL Stability in Natural Environments | p. 47 |
| Coevolution of Quorum-Sensing Bacteria with Hosts and Acyl-HSL-Degrading Bacteria | p. 50 |
| Conclusions | p. 51 |
| References | p. 52 |
| Microbial Exoenzyme Production in Food | |
| Introduction | p. 59 |
| Structure and Function of Exoenzymes | p. 62 |
| Classification of Enzymes | p. 64 |
| Enzyme Synthesis | p. 66 |
| Enzyme Activity | p. 75 |
| Conclusion and Future Prospects | p. 79 |
| References | p. 81 |
| Biogenetic Diversity of Cyanobacterial Metabolites | |
| Introduction | p. 89 |
| Major Biosynthetic Routes in Cyanobacteria | p. 92 |
| Polyketides | p. 101 |
| Cyanopeptides | p. 113 |
| Alkaloids | p. 143 |
| Isoprenoids | p. 172 |
| Other Cyanobacteria] Metabolites | p. 178 |
| References | p. 182 |
| Pathways to Discovering New Microbial Metabolism for Functional Genomics and Biotechnology | |
| Introduction | p. 219 |
| Defining the Hypothesis That Most Metabolic Reactions Are Yet to be Discovered | p. 220 |
| Organization of Existing Metabolic Information | p. 221 |
| Approaches for New Discovery | p. 224 |
| Newly Discovered Microbial Metabolism | p. 225 |
| Significance of New Discoveries in Novel Functional Group Metabolism | p. 229 |
| Use of Recently Discovered Biocatalysis Industrially | p. 229 |
| References | p. 230 |
| Biocatalysis by Dehalogenating Enzymes | |
| Introduction | p. 233 |
| Halocarboxylic Acid Dehalogenases | p. 234 |
| Haloalkane Dehalogenases | p. 238 |
| Halohydrin Dehalogenases | p. 240 |
| Conclusions | p. 247 |
| References | p. 249 |
| Lipases from Extremophiles and Potential for Industrial Applications | |
| Introduction | p. 253 |
| Lipases from Extreme Microorganisms | p. 255 |
| Improving Lipases for Efficient Applications | p. 266 |
| Regio- and Stereospecificity of Lipases | p. 268 |
| Applications of Lipases | p. 269 |
| Conclusions | p. 274 |
| References | p. 275 |
| In Situ Bioremediation | |
| Introduction | p. 285 |
| Unsaturated Zone Treatment Methods | p. 287 |
| Saturated Zone Treatment Methods | p. 292 |
| Use of Inocula | p. 298 |
| Monitoring Methods | p. 298 |
| Conclusions and Future Prospects | p. 300 |
| References | p. 301 |
| Bacterial Cycling of Methyl Halides | |
| Introduction | p. 308 |
| Methyl Halide-Degrading Organisms | p. 315 |
| Biochemistry and Genetics of Methyl Halide Degradation | p. 320 |
| Microbial Ecology of Methyl Halide-Degrading Bacteria | p. 328 |
| Potential Applications for Bioremediation Using Methyl Halide-Oxidizing Bacteria | p. 334 |
| Outlook | p. 338 |
| References | p. 340 |
| Index | p. 347 |
| Contents of Previous Volumes | p. 369 |
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