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Chapter One. Heme Proteins in Lactic Acid Bacteria
Abstract
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Properties and Biosynthesis of Heme
3 Heme Proteins
4 Lactic Acid Bacteria
5 Heme and LAB in Historical Perspective
6 Acquisition and Intracellular Fate of Heme
7 Heme Proteins in LAB
8 Heme Protein Biogenesis
9 Concluding Remarks and Outlook
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter Two. Microbial Sulfite Respiration
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Properties of Sulfite and Related Compounds
3 The Diverse Role of Sulfite in Microbial Metabolism
4 Sulfite-Converting Enzymes—Overview and Terminology
5 Physiology of Sulfite-Converting Microorganisms
6 Microbial Sulfite Reductases
7 Microbial Sulfite Dehydrogenases
8 Evolutionary Aspects
9 Conclusions and Perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter Three. Our Second Genome—Human Metagenome: How Next-Generation Sequencer Changes our Life Through Microbiology
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Overview of NGS Technology
3 Genomics and Metagenomics of Microbes
4 Scientific Publication Tells Great Potential of Metagenomic Applications with NGS
5 Microbial Profiling and Diversity in Environment
6 Human and Mouse Metagenome on Healthcare Study
7 Virus and Vaccine
8 Bird View of Human Metagenome Project
9 First Artificial Life Form by Synthesis
10 Publicly Available Bioinformatic Tools for Metagenomics and Microbial Diversity
11 How Future Advances in NGSn is Going to Change Our Life
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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