Advances in Microbial Physiology

Chapter One: The Journey of Lipoproteins Through the Cell: One Birthplace, Multiple Destinations

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Lipoprotein Journey Through the Cell: From the Cytoplasm to the Final Destination
• 3 Factors Controlling the Sorting of Lipoproteins
• 4 Surface Exposure of Lipoproteins
• 5 Conclusions and Perspectives
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Two: The Making and Taking of Lipids: The Role of Bacterial Lipid Synthesis and the Harnessing of Host Lipids in Bacterial Pathogenesis

• Abstract
• 1 Bacterial Membrane Synthesis Review
• 2 Membrane Alterations and Their Influences on Virulence Outcomes: The Extracellular Bacterial Pathogens
• 3 Utilization of Host Fatty Acids by Extracellular Pathogens: Roles in Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance
• 4 Cholesterol and Sphingomyelin in the Virulence of Extracellular Pathogens
• 5 Intracellular Organisms and the Use of Host Lipids to Promote Pathogenesis
• 6 Specific Contributions of Host-Derived Lipids to P-SPOs
• 7 The Contribution of Host-Derived Lipids to the Physiology of Intracellular Pathogens
• 8 Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Three: The Impact of Gene Silencing on Horizontal Gene Transfer and Bacterial Evolution

• Abstract
• 1 Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Driver of Bacterial Evolution
• 2 Xenogeneic Silencing
• 3 How Xenogeneic Silencing Facilitates Bacterial Evolution
• 4 Why So Many H-NS Like Proteins?

Chapter Four: Polar Marine Microorganisms and Climate Change

• Abstract
• 1 Polar Marine Bacteria and Climate Change
• 2 The Polar Regions and Climate Change
• 3 Temperature as Evolutionary Driver
• 4 Temperature Adaptations for Life at Low Temperatures
• 5 The Polar Microbial Communities and Genomics in the Changing Polar Ocean
• 6 Biogeochemical Cycles and the Loss of Sea Ice
• 7 The Role of Viruses
• 8 Can the Microbial Community Composition Be Used as Predictor of the Responses of Ecosystem Processes to Global Change?
• 9 Possible Avenues for Future Research and Conclusions
• Acknowledgements