Juan-luis Ramos

Pseudomonas: Molecular Biology of Emerging Issues Juan-luis Ramos

Jacket Description/Back:"Pseudomonas "volume 7 collects some of the most relevant and emerging issues in the biology of these microorganisms, and a number of otherimportant issues that were not collected in the previous volumes. The first six volumes of the "Pseudomonas "series covered the biology ofpseudomonads in a wide range of contexts, including the niches they inhabit, the taxonomic relations among its members of this group, the molecular biologyof gene expression in different niches and under different environmentalconditions, the analysis of virulence in plants, animal and human pathogens, aswell as the determinants that make some of these strains of interesting forbiotechnological applications. This seventh volume covers the following topics: The history of the biology of "Pseudomonas"The use of "Pseudomonas "as biological agentsNew trends in the molecular biology of these microorganisms"Pseudomonas "and the immune system of insects and animals This book will be of use to researchers working on these bacteria, particularly those studying medical aspects of "Pseudomonas," and their use as ameans to control pathogens or to stimulate plant growth. This volume isalso interesting for those studying the physiology, genetics, molecular biologyof "Pseudomonas" and those using novel-omics approaches to understandbacteria of the genus "Pseudomonas.""Table of Contents: VIRULENCE AND PATHOGENS 1. 'New insights on iron acquisition mechanism in pathogenic Pseudomonas' Isabelle Schalk, UPR CNRS, Strasbourg, France. 2. 'Clonal variations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa' Burkhard Tummler, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany. 3. 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa phospholipases and phospholipids' Michael Vasil, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA 4. 'In vivo functional genomics of Pseudomonas: PCR-based signature-tagged mutagenesis' Roger Levesque, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada. GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS 5. 'A genome-wide mutant library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa' Michael E. Jacobs and Colin Manoil*, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA 6. 'Biogenesis & function of type IV pili in Pseudomonas species' Cynthia B. Whitchurch, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. PHYSIOLOGY METABOLISM AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 7. 'Evolution of catabolic pathways in Pseudomonas through gene transfer' Jan Roelof van der Meer, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. 8. 'Controlling regiospecific oxidation of aromatics and the degradation of chlorinated aliphatics via active site engineering of toluene monooxygenases' Ayelet Fishman, Ying Tao, Gonul Vardar, Lingyun Rui, and Thomas K. Wood*, University of Connecticut, Storss - CT, USA. 9. 'Aromatic ring hydroxylating dioxygenases' Rebecca Parales* and Sol Resnick, University of California, Davis - CA, USA and The Dow Chemical Company, San Diego CA, USA. PSEUDOMONAS BACTERIAL COLLECTIONS 10. 'The Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome database' Fiona Brinkman, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., Canada."