Advances in Microbial Physiology

1st Edition, Volume 79 - November 24, 2021
Imprint: Academic Press
Editors: Robert K. Poole, David J. Kelly
Language: English
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Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 79, the latest release in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting and timely chapters authored by an international board of subject matter experts.

Cover
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Chapter One: The Wolfe cycle of carbon dioxide reduction to methane revisited and the Ralph Stoner Wolfe legacy at 100 years
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: The Wolfe cycle
3: The legacy of Ralph Stoner Wolfe (1922–2019) beyond the Wolfe cycle
4: Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Two: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa whole genome sequence: A 20th anniversary celebration
Abstract
1: Overview (Martin Welch, Fiona Brinkman, Geoff Winsor, and REW (Bob) Hancock)
2: And there was light (Alain Filloux)
3: The resource: The Pseudomonas Genome Database pseudomonas.com (REW (Bob) Hancock, Fiona Brinkman and Geoff Winsor)
4: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome sequence: A stimulus for research on intercellular signaling and the evolution of bacterial social behaviors (E. Peter Greenberg)
5: Two-component signaling and lifestyle choices (Vanessa I Francis, Matthew W Scurlock and Steven L Porter)
6: Regulatory pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa controlled by non-coding small RNAs (sRNAs) (Kook Han and Stephen Lory)
7: Impact of the genome sequence on understanding how P. aeruginosa obtains iron (Iain Lamont)
8: How Pseudomonas aeruginosa responds to changes in temperature (Rachel E. Done and Joanna B. Goldberg)
9: Tools of the trade (Herbert P. Schweizer)
10: The post-genomics era (Susanne Häußler)
11: The PAO1 genome sequence as a driver of technological advances (Roger C. Levesque)
12: Comparative genomics across diverse Pseudomonas strains (Cara Haney)
13: The dynamic Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome (Burkhard Tümmler and Jens Klockgether)
14: Central carbon metabolism in Pseudomonas (Pablo I. Nikel)
15: Chewing the fat (Martin Welch and Meng Wang)
16: Concluding remarks
References
Chapter Three: Extracellular haem utilization by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its role in virulence and pathogenesis
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the host-pathogen interface
3: Overview of haem uptake and utilization
4: Regulation of extracellular haem sensing, signaling and transport
5: Haem uptake and utilization by the Has and Phu systems
6: Haem uptake and utilization as an antimicrobial target
7: Future perspectives
References
Chapter Four: Evolutionary trade-offs between growth and survival: The delicate balance between reproductive success and longevity in bacteria
Abstract
1: Introduction
2: The general stress response of Listeria monocytogenes
3: Sigma factor competition and the GASP phenotype
4: Trade-offs between growth and survival
5: Trade-offs between growth and virulence
6: Evolutionary implications of trade-offs: A driving force for diversity
7: Environmental stress affects cellular energy pools
8: ATP depletion as a signal for persister cell formation
9: Second messengers act to modulate the growth-survival balance
10: Regulatory sRNAs
11: Concluding remarks
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Five: Oxygen levels are key to understanding “Anaerobic” protozoan pathogens with micro-aerophilic lifestyles
Abstract
1: Introduction: Anaerobic metabolism, but not always strictly anoxic habitats
2: From atmospheric to intracellular oxygen levels
3: Some examples of protozoal parasites and their low-O2 habitats
4: Detection and measurements of O2 in rumen liquor and in animal gastro-intestinal systems in vivo
5: Entamoeba
6: Trichomonads: Microaerophilic protozoa
7: The facultatively microaerobic aerotolerant Giardia lamblia (intestinalis): An organism with a complex life cycle in fluctuating environments
8: Spironucleus species
9: Blastocystis
10: Cryptosporidium
11: Other “amitochondriate anaerobic” eukaryotes tolerant of O2
12: Conclusions
References

Robert K. Poole

Professor Robert K Poole is Emeritus Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He was previously West Riding Professor of Microbiology at Sheffield and until 1996 held a Personal Chair in Microbiology at King’s College London. During his long career, he has been awarded several research Fellowships, and taken sabbatical leave at the Australian National University, Kyoto University and Cornell University. His career-long interests have been in the areas of bacterial respiratory metabolism, metal-microbe interactions and bioactive small gas molecules. In particular, he has made notable contributions to bacterial terminal oxidases and resistance to nitric oxide with implications for bacterial pathogenesis. He co-discovered the flavohaemoglobin Hmp, now recognised as the preeminent mechanism of nitric oxide resistance in bacteria. He has served as Chairman of numerous research council grant committees, held research grants for over 40 years and published extensively (h-index, 2024 = 70). He served on several Institute review panels in the UK and overseas. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Biology.

Affiliations and expertise

West Riding Professor of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK

David J. Kelly

Professor David Kelly is Emeritus Professor of Microbial Physiology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has >35 years research expertise in bacterial physiology and biochemistry, membrane protein transport processes and bioenergetics, and has worked with the zoonotic food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni for >25 years. A major program to study C. jejuni physiology was carried out in his laboratory, in particular the responses to oxygen, many aspects of carbon metabolism and functional analysis of the electron transport chains. He has long-standing interests in membrane transport mechanisms and in the 1990s discovered an entirely new class of periplasmic binding-protein dependent prokaryotic solute transporters, the TRAP transporters, now known to be common in a diverse range of bacteria and archaea. He has published >150 papers (h-index 2024 = 56), held numerous grants, served on grant committees and has been a regular invited speaker at national and international conferences. He is the recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, UK.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor of Microbiology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK

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