Advances in Applied Microbiology

Contributors

Chapter One. Yeast Petites and Small Colony Variants: For Everything There Is a Season

1 Introduction

2 Population Dynamics and Diversity

3 The Petite and Its Physiology

4 The Small Colony Variant

5 Comparative Summary of Petites and SCVs

6 Conclusions

References

Chapter Two. Fungal Spores for Dispersion in Space and Time

1 Stabilized Life

2 Fungal Survival Structures for Distribution in Space and Time

3 Formation of Spores

4 Stress Resistance of Spores

5 Compounds Protecting Cell Constituents

6 Biophysical Aspects of Cell Protection

7 Dormancy and Activation

8 Changing from the Dormant Toward the Vegetative State

9 Applied Mycology and Fungal Spores

References

Chapter Three. Regulation of Bacterial Pathogenesis by Intestinal Short-Chain Fatty Acids

1 Introduction

2 Biological Activities of SCFA

3 Virulence Regulation of Enteric Pathogens by SCFA

4 Applications of SCFA

5 Perspectives

6 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter Four. Chromera velia: The Missing Link in the Evolution of Parasitism

1 Introduction

2 The Biology and Ecology of C. velia

3 Life Cycle and Morphology

4 Photosynthesis and the Relationship of C. velia to Dinoflagellates

5 Biosynthesis and the Relationship of C. velia to Apicomplexans

6 Conclusion

References

Index

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