Recent Advances in Microbial Oxygen-Binding Proteins
- 1st Edition, Volume 67 - November 24, 2015
- Latest edition
- Editor: Robert K. Poole
- Language: English
This latest volume in Advances in Microbial Physiology continues the long tradition of topical and important reviews in microb… Read more
- Contains contributions from leading authorities in the field of microbial physiology
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter One: Cytochromes c′: Structure, Reactivity and Relevance to Haem-Based Gas Sensing
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Occurrence
- 3 Proposed Functional Roles of Cytochromes c′
- 4 Structural Properties of Cytochromes c′
- 5 Spectroscopic Properties of Cytochromes c′
- 6 Structure–Reactivity Relationships in Cytochromes c′
- 7 Relevance of Cytochrome c′ to Other Proteins, Including Haem-Based Gas Sensors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Two: Bridging Theory and Experiment to Address Structural Properties of Truncated Haemoglobins: Insights from Thermobifida fusca HbO
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An Overview of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Haem Proteins
- 3 Computer Simulation Techniques
- 4 Thermobifida fusca Hb
- 5 Spectroscopy and Computer Simulation of Tf-trHb
- 6 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Three: Structural Biology of Bacterial Haemophores
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 HasA-Type Haemophore Systems from Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Yersinia pestis
- 3 The HxuA–HxuB–HxuC Haemophore System of Haemophilus influenzae
- 4 The HmuY–HmuR Haemophore System of Porphyromonas gingivalis
- 5 The Isd Haemophore System of Staphylococcus aureus
- 6 The Isd, BslK, and Hal Haemophore Systems of Bacillus anthracis
- 7 The Hbp Haemophore System of Listeria monocytogenes
- 8 The Rv0203–MmpL11–MmpL3 Haemophore System of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- 9 Conclusion and Perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Four: The Haemoglobins of Algae
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Distribution of Haemoglobins in Algae
- 3 The Structure of Algal Haemoglobins
- 4 The Chemistry of Algal Haemoglobins
- 5 Perspectives
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter Five: The Challenging World of Biofilm Physiology
- Abstract
- 1 Biofilm Structure and Formation
- 2 Biofilm Resistance
- 3 Biofilm-Associated Infections
- 4 Biofilm Research and Its Challenges
- Chapter Six: Avoid Excessive Oxygen Levels in Experiments with Organisms, Tissues and Cells
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methods for Measuring O2
- 3 Gas Mixing
- 4 Conclusions
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 67
- Published: November 24, 2015
- Language: English
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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.