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This page intentionally left blank Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism Recentdeterminationofthegenomesequencesforawiderangeofbacteria has made an in-depth knowledge of prokaryotic metabolic function even more essential in order to give biochemical, physiological and ecological meaning to the genomic information. Clearly describing the important metabolic processes that occur in prokaryotes under different conditions andindifferentenvironments,thisadvancedtextprovidesanoverviewof thekeycellularprocessesthatdeterminebacterialrolesintheenvironment, biotechnology and human health. Prokaryotic structure and composition aredescribedaswellasthemeansbywhichnutrientsaretransportedinto cellsacrossmembranes.Discussionofbiosynthesisandgrowthisfollowed by detailed accounts of glucose metabolism through glycolysis, the TCA cycle, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation, as well as other trophicvariationsfoundinprokaryotesincludingtheuseoforganiccom- poundsotherthanglucose,anaerobicfermentation,anaerobicrespiration, chemolithotrophy and photosynthesis. The regulation of metabolism throughcontrolofgeneexpressionandenzymeactivityisalsocovered,as wellasthesurvivalmechanismsusedunderstarvationconditions. ProfessorByungHongKimisanexpertonanaerobicmetabolism,organic degradation and bioelectrochemistry. He graduated from Kyungpook NationalUniversity, Korea,andobtainedaPh.D.fromUniversityCollege Cardiff. He has carried out research at several universities around the world, with an established career in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. He has been honoured by the Korean Government, which designated his research group a National Research Laboratory, the Bioelectricity Laboratory, and has served as President of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology. Professor Kim wrote the classicKoreanmicrobiologytextonMicrobialPhysiologyandhaspublished over100refereedpapersandreviews,andholdsover20patentsrelatingto applicationsofhisresearchinenvironmentalbiotechnology. ProfessorGeoffreyMichaelGaddisanauthorityonmicrobialinteractions withmetals,mineralsandradionuclidesandtheirapplicationsinenviron- mental biotechnology. He holds a personal Chair in Microbiology at the University of Dundee and is the Head of the Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology in the College of Life Sciences. He has pub- lished over 200 refereed scientific papers, books and reviews and has receivedinvitationstospeakatinternationalconferencesinover20coun- tries.ProfessorGaddhasservedasPresidentoftheBritishMycologicalSociety andisanelectedFellowoftheInstituteofBiology,theAmericanAcademyof Microbiology,theLinneanSociety,andtheRoyalSocietyofEdinburgh.He hasreceivedtheBerkeleyAwardfromtheBritishMycologicalSocietyandthe Charles Thom award from the Society for Industrial Microbiology for his outstandingresearchcontributionstothemicrobiologicalsciences. Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism Byung Hong Kim KoreaInstituteofScienceandTechnology Geoffrey Michael Gadd UniversityofDundee CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521846363 © B. H. Kim and G. M. Gadd 2008 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2008 ISBN-13 978-0-511-39322-8 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 978-0-521-84636-3 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-71230-9 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Toourfamilies HyungockHong,KyounghaKimandYounghaKim and Julia,KatieandRichardGadd Contents in brief 1 Introductiontobacterialphysiologyandmetabolism page1 2 Compositionandstructureofprokaryoticcells 7 3 Membranetransport–nutrientuptakeandprotein excretion 35 4 Glycolysis 60 5 Tricarboxylicacid(TCA)cycle,electrontransportand oxidativephosphorylation 85 6 Biosynthesisandmicrobialgrowth 126 7 Heterotrophicmetabolismonsubstratesotherthan glucose 202 8 Anaerobicfermentation 252 9 Anaerobicrespiration 298 10 Chemolithotrophy 354 11 Photosynthesis 386 12 Metabolicregulation 408 13 Energy,environmentandmicrobial survival 482
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