
Advances in Microbial Physiology
- 1st Edition, Volume 82 - March 20, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Robert K. Poole, David J. Kelly
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 3 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 3 3 5 - 4
Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 82 in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Protein secret… Read more

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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: The elements of life: A biocentric tour of the periodic table
- Abstract
- 1: Elemental requirements for life
- 2: Elemental economy and life's macronutrients (CHNOPS)
- 3: Monovalent cations (group 1)
- 4: Divalent cations (group 2)
- 5: Rare earth elements and the lanthanides: Group 3
- 6: Refractory transition metals (groups 4 through 6)
- 7: Transition metals: Groups 7 through 12
- 8: Groups 13–16: Metals and metalloids
- 9: Group 17: Halogens
- 10: Essential elements revisited
- 11: Elements of life: Peering into the future
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Biological functions of bacterial lysophospholipids
- Abstract
- 1: General characteristics of lysophospholipids
- 2: Biology of the major lysophospholipid species
- 3: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Redefining the bacterial Type I protein secretion system
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Type 1 secretion system components
- 3: Substrate secretion through T1SS
- 4: Redefining the type I secretion system
- 5: Biotechnological potential of the T1SS
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Four: Purine catabolism by enterobacteria
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: HPX pathway: Aerobic purine catabolism in Klebsiella spp.
- 3: ALL pathway: Anaerobic allantoin catabolism
- 4: XDH pathway: Anaerobic urate catabolism
- 5: Purine catabolism by enterobacteria
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Chapter Five: Fumarate, a central electron acceptor for Enterobacteriaceae beyond fumarate respiration and energy conservation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: C4-DC catabolism by Enterobacteriaceae in the healthy and the inflamed intestine: Fumarate respiration vs C4-DC oxidation
- 3: Fumarate as an oxidant for pyrimidine nucleotide, heme and protein disulfide synthesis
- 4: Fumarate as an electron acceptor for redox balancing and redox homeostasis
- 5: l-Aspartate plays a universal and prominent role in exogenous fumarate respiration and in biosynthesis
- 6: Expression control of C4-DC catabolic genes: Regulation by DcuS-DcuR and interplay with catabolite control
- 7: Regulatory role of the C4-DC transporter proteins
- 8: Conclusion: An essential role for fumarate reduction in the enterobacterial anabolism
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Six: Diversity of algae and their biotechnological potential
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Evolution of algae and land plants
- 3: Metabolic diversity of algae
- 4: Genetic engineering of algae
- 5: Biotechnological potential of algae
- 6: Conclusions – The place of algae in the living world
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 82
- Published: March 20, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 332
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443193347
- eBook ISBN: 9780443193354
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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.
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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.