Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry
- 1st Edition - November 17, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Ivan Kushkevych
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 3 8 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 7 3 9 - 1
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Request a sales quoteBacterial Physiology and Biochemistry provides the most current, authoritative, and relevant presentation of bacterial physiology and biochemistry on subject, chemical composition and functional bacterial cell structure, nutrition and growth, the process of cell differentiation, metabolism and the influence of environmental factors. The book helps the reader learn and obtain modern knowledges on bacterial physiology and biochemistry, including chemical composition and functional cell structures, bacterial nutrition and growth, and the processes of cell differentiation, bacterial metabolism and microbial growth in nature, and the effect of environmental factors on bacterial cells.
This book is an educational resource designed for use in advanced bachelor's and master's courses in biology, including microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology. It contains curriculum taught to biology students specializing in microbiology.
- Contains modern original color illustrations of biochemical and metabolic processes
- Provides condensed knowledge on microbiology, microbial kinetics and microbial physiology
- Includes easy-to-find information on key metabolic pathways in aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms
Microbiologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, those interested in physiology, microbial biochemistry and its applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Scientific reviewers:
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Introduction Into Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry
- Abstract
- 1.1: Subject of study
- 1.2: Bacteria in the phylogeny of living organisms and diversity of cell shapes
- 1.3: Bacterial evolution
- 1.4: Methods of studies of bacterial properties
- Chapter 2: Bacterial Chemical Composition and Functional Cell Structures
- Abstract
- 2.1: Elemental composition
- 2.2: Compounds composition
- 2.3: Bacterial nucleus
- 2.4: Cytoplasm
- 2.5: Plasma membrane
- 2.6: Cell wall
- 2.7: Flagella, pilus, and fimbria
- 2.8: Bacterial capsule
- 2.9: Endospores
- 2.10: Pigments
- Chapter 3: Bacterial Nutrition and Growth
- Abstract
- 3.1: Basic sources of nutrition
- 3.2: Sources of carbon
- 3.3: Sources of nitrogen
- 3.4: Mineral nutrition
- 3.5: Growth factors
- 3.6: Sources of energy
- 3.7: Transport of compounds across the plasma membrane
- 3.8: Passive transport
- 3.9: Active transport
- 3.10: Transport of iron and its regulation
- 3.11: Transport of proteins
- 3.12: Group translocation
- 3.13: Bacterial growth and multiplication
- 3.14: Multiplication of microorganisms under conditions of continuous (dynamic) cultivation
- 3.15: Synchronous multiplication
- 3.16: Bacterial cell cycle
- Chapter 4: Processes of Cell Differentiation
- Abstract
- 4.1: Characteristics of differentiation processes
- 4.2: Polar differentiation in species of Caulobacter genus
- 4.3: Differentiation of photosynthetic membranes in facultative phototrophic bacteria
- 4.4: Formation of heterocysts in cyanobacteria under bound nitrogen deficiency
- Chapter 5: Bacterial Metabolism
- Abstract
- 5.1: Energy of biochemical reactions
- 5.2: Carriers of hydrogen
- 5.3: Role of ATP and its formation in bacterial cells
- 5.4: Types of phosphorylation
- 5.5: Processes of catabolism
- 5.6: Processes of anabolism (biosynthesis)
- 5.7: Regulation of metabolism process
- 5.8: Metabolism of phototrophic bacteria
- CHAPTER 6: Growth of Microorganisms In Nature
- Abstract
- 6.1: Microorganisms as part of the ecosystem
- 6.2: Physiological role of microorganisms in ecosystems
- 6.3: Intercellular and internal population interactions and quorum-sensing regulation of gene expression
- 6.4: Luminescent bacteria and bioluminescence
- Chapter 7: Effect of Environmental Factors on Bacterial Cells
- Abstract
- 7.1: Effect of external factors on bacteria
- 7.2: Mechanisms of the effect of environmental factors
- 7.3: Antibiotics and their mechanisms of action
- Recommended References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 17, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 380
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443187384
- eBook ISBN: 9780443187391
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Ivan Kushkevych
Ivan Kushkevych is a microbiologist who got his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology in 2010. His PhD thesis was entitled: “Influence of heavy metals salts on physiological and biochemical characteristics of the sulfur cycle bacteria”. He also has received a Degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences (Dr.Sc.) in Microbiology (2016). He obtained a second Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2021. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled: Testing the cytotoxicity and biological effects of salicylamide derivatives against intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria”.
Dr. Kushkevych did several research internships at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Institute Pharmacological Research Mario Negri (2013, Milan, Italy), and other research laboratories at University of Valencia (2018), University of Barcelona, Spain (2020, 2021, 2022), University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland (2021).
Dr. Kushkevych’s research focuses on the physiological and biochemical features of sulfate-reducing microorganisms and their functional role in the development of bowel diseases in both humans and animals. He is a single author of the book entitled: “Intestinal Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria” (2017), and the author in several chapters of other books, among them: “Sulfate Source and Its Role in the Development of Colitis” of the book: “Colitis: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment”, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, United States (2019); “Isolation and Purification of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria” of the book: Microorganisms, IntechOpen, London, United Kingdom (2019); “Effect of intestinal microbiome, antibiotics, and probiotics in the prevention and management of ulcerative colitis” of the book: “Probiotics in the Prevention and Management of Human Diseases: A Scientific Perspective”, Elsevier Academic Press (2022).
The author worked previously at the Department of Human Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Brno, Czech Republic) and currently works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology), Faculty of Science at Masaryk University. He teaches: General Microbiology, Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry, Cytology and Morphology of Bacteria.
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Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology), Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicRead Bacterial Physiology and Biochemistry on ScienceDirect