Myxobacteria : multicellularity and differentiation /

Table of Contents: “…: the ecology and evolution of Myxobacteria /…”
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Myxobacteria : genomics, cellular and molecular biology /

Table of Contents: “…; Classification and phylogenetic analysis; Biogeography: patterns and their causes; Terrestrial biogeography of intraspecific variation; Socially mediated selection; 2: Genome Evolution and Content in the Myxobacteria; Myxobacteria genome sequencing history; Myxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: genome size.…”
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Myxobacteria multicellularity and differentiation /

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Bacterial genetic systems

Table of Contents: “…Genetic systems in myxobacteria /…”
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The Ecology of Predation at the Microscale

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Predatory interactions between Myxobacteria and their prey -- The ecology of Bdellovibrio and like organisms in wastewater treatment plants -- Intraguild predation: predatory networks at the microbial scale -- Antibacterial activities of Bdellovibrio and like organisms in aquaculture -- Secondary metabolism of predatory bacteria -- Environmental and biotic factors impacting the activities of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus -- Emerging horizons for industrial applications of predatory bacteria. .…”
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Nanomicrobiology : physiological and environmental characteristics

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Nanostructures and nanobacteria -- S-layer structure in bacteria and archaea -- Magnetotactic Bacteria, Magnetosomes and Nanotechnology -- Carboxysomes and their structural organization in prokaryotes -- Bacterial organization at the smallest level: Molecular motors, nanowires, and outer membrane vesicles -- The mechanism of bacterial gliding motility: Insights from molecular and cellular studies in the Myxobacteria and Bacteroidetes -- Nanoparticles formed by microbial metabolism of metals and minerals.…”
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Morphogenesis : An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form: An Analysis of the Development of Biological Form by Rossomando, Edward F., Alexander, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Morphogenesis in Myxobacteria -- chapter 2 Regulation of Morphogenesis in Dictyostelium discoideum -- chapter 3 Cellular Differentiation and Tissue Formation in the Fungus Aspergillus nidulans -- chapter 4 Biological Features and Morphogenesis of Hydra -- chapter 5 Caenorhabditis elegans Morphogenesis -- chapter 6 Morphogenesis of Drosophila -- chapter 7 Morphogenesis of the Sea Urchin Embryo -- chapter 8 Development of the Ascidian Embryo: Cell Fate Specification by Autonomous and Inductive Processes -- chapter 9 Dynamics of the Gastrulation Movements and Determination of the Mesoderm in Amphibian Embryos -- chapter 10 The Avian Emryo: An Accessible System to the Study Genesis of Complex Tissue Structure -- chapter 11 Use of Teratocarcinoma Cells to Study the Morphogenesis of Extraembryonic Lineages in the Early Mouse Embryo.…”
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Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology

Table of Contents: “…Spirochetes -- Aerobic/microaerophilic, motile, helical/vibrioid gram-negative bacteria -- Nonmotile (or rarely motile), gram-negative curved bacteria -- Gram-negative aerobic/microaerophilic rods and cocci -- Facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods -- Gram-negative, anaerobic, straight, curved, and helical bacteria -- Dissimilatory sulfate- or sulfur-reducing bacteria -- Anaerobic gram-negative cocci -- Rickettsias and chlamydias -- Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria -- Oxygenic phototrophic bacteria -- Aerobic chemolithotrophic bacteria and associated organisms -- Budding and/or appendaged bacteria -- Sheathed bacteria -- Nonphotosynthetic, nonfruiting gliding bacteria -- Fruiting, gliding bacteria: the myxobacteria -- Gram-positive cocci -- Endospore-forming gram-positive rods and cocci -- Regular, nonsporing gram-positive rods -- Irregular, nonsporing gram-positive rods -- Mycobacteria -- Actinomycetes -- Nocardioform actinomycetes -- Genera with multilocular sporangia -- Actinoplanetes -- Streptomycetes and related genera -- Maduromycetes -- Thermomonospora and related genera -- Thermoactinomycetes -- Other genera -- Mycoplasmas (or mollicutes): cell wall-less bacteria -- Methanogens -- Archaeal sulfate reducers -- Extremely halophilic, aerobic archaeobacteria (halobacteria) -- Cell wall-less archaeobacteria -- Extremely thermophilic and hyperthermophilic S-metabolizers.…”

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Natural Products : Discourse, Diversity, and Design. by Osbourn, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Compounds; 5.5 Chemical and Biological Screening Methods; 5.6 Innovations on the Horizon; 5.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Myxobacteria: Chemical Diversity and Screening Strategies; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Natural Products from Myxobacteria: Chemistry and Biological Activity, a Review of Publications Since 2009; 6.2.1 Peptides; 6.2.2 Macrolides; 6.2.3 Polyketides; 6.2.4 Miscellaneous; 6.3 Screening for New Scaffolds; 6.3.1 Screening for New Antimicrobials (Bioassay-Guided Fractionation).…”
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How to Overcome the Antibiotic Crisis Facts, Challenges, Technologies and Future Perspectives

Table of Contents: “…-Antibiotics and the intestinal microbiome: individual responses, resilience of the ecosystem and the susceptibility to infections -- Anti-virulence strategies to target bacterial infections -- Strategies to block bacterial pathogenesis by interference with motility and chemotaxis -- New horizons in the development of novel needle-free immunization strategies to increase vaccination efficacy -- History of antibiotics research -- Actinobacteria and Myxobacteria – Two of the most important bacterial resources for novel antibiotics -- Exploitation of fungal biodiversity for discovery of novel antibiotics -- Strategies for the discovery and development of new antibiotics from natural products: Three Case Studies -- New structural templates for clinically validated and novel targets in antimicrobial drug research and development -- Synthesis of antibiotics -- Antibiotics clinical development and pipeline -- Anti-infectives in drug delivery—overcoming the Gram-negative bacterial cell envelope.…”
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Microbial Bioprospecting for Sustainable Development

Table of Contents: “…Part I Microorganisms for sustainable agriculture and environmental applications -- Small at Size, Big at Impact: The Microbial Way of Life -- Bioherbicidal Concept: A Novel Strategy to Control Weeds -- Endophytic microorganisms as Bio-Inoculants for Sustainable Agriculture -- Endophytes: Golden treasure for enzyme inhibitors -- Microbial Bioremediation -- Bioremediation: An eco-sustainable approach for restoration of contaminated sites -- Myxobacteria: Unearthing the Potential through Research -- Part II Microorganisms for sustainable industrial important products -- Microbial Cellulases: Role in Ethanol production -- Application of bacterial polysaccharides in cosmetic industries -- Polyphenol oxidase, beyond enzyme browning -- Xylanases - For Sustainable Bioproduct Production -- Inulinase- An Important Microbial Enzyme in Food Industry -- Plant vaccines: an overview -- Microbial Biosurfactants: Future Active Food Ingredients -- Part III Microorganisms as future tools -- Microbial spores: Concepts and Industrial applications -- Insight into compatible solutes from Halophiles: Exploring Significant Applications in Biotechnology -- Riboswitches as molecular tools for regulating microbial gene expression -- Microbial Metagenomics for Industrial and Environmental Bio-prospecting: The Unknown Envoy -- Bacteriophage based biosensors for the detection of food borne pathogens -- Computational tools and databases of microbes and its bioprospecting for sustainable development. .…”
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Prokaryotic development

Table of Contents: “…Grossman -- Asymmetric division and cell fate during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis / Petra Anne Levin and Richard Losick -- Morphogenesis and properties of the bacterial spore / Adam Driks and Peter Setlow -- Introduction to the myxobacteria / Martin Dworkin…”
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Developmental Biology in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes

Table of Contents: “…Introductory Chapter -- Part I: Aspects of Developmental Biology in Prokaryotes -- Linear chromosome in Borreliella: island of genetic stability -- Genetics and Biochemistry of Sporulation in Endospore-forming Bacteria (Bacillus): A Prime Example of Developmental Biology -- Parasporal crystals development in spore-forming bacteria: Cry and Cyt toxins -- Developmental Biology of Caulobacter crescentus: a model organism to study the regulation of shape morphology -- The incredible path of Myxobacteria towards an aggregative multicellularity -- The Genus Lactobacillus: unusual genome complexity with huge adaptability to the environment -- Associations between bark beetles and Pseudomonas -- Sterol biosynthetic pathways and their function in bacteria -- Understanding the Cell Organization in Planctomycetes -- Resistance to antimicrobial agents: from bacteria to yeast -- The taxonomy of bacteria in the genomic era -- Part II: Aspects of Developmental Biology in Eukaryotes -- Prokaryotic bases of Eukaryotic eco-evo development -- Quorum sensing: a major regulator of fungal development -- Prokaryotic and eukaryotic porins: Comparison of structure and function -- Evolutionary mechanisms in the transition towards a parasitic lifestyle: the role of endosymbiotic organelles -- Effects of cyanobacterial metabolites on other bacterial phyla and in the morphogenesis, viability and biochemistry of Eukaryotes -- Understanding the morphogenesis of fungi Trichoderma -- Morphogenesis of filamentous fungi Role and their relevance to entomopathogenicity -- Effects of normal and cancer host tissues on microbiota development, persistence and dynamics -- Development of the nervous system with increasing complexity in lower eukaryotes -- The gut microbiome affects human mood and behavior. .…”
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Bacterial signaling

Table of Contents: “….] -- Cell interactions guide the swarming and fruiting body development of myxobacteria / Dale Kaiser -- Communication between rhizobia and plants / Michael G?…”
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Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes

Table of Contents: “…AcetylCoA Synthesis and Regulation -- AcetylCoA Synthesis and Role in Bacteria -- Autophagy in Stationary Phase of Growth -- Bacterial Sphingolipids -- Cell-contact-dependent Outer Membrane Exchange in Myxobacteria -- Contributions of Membrane Lipids to Bacterial Cell Homeostasis Upon Osmotic Challenge -- Dynamic Membrane Structure: Function Analysis by Means of Chemical Probes -- Evolution of Hydrophobic Storage Polymers -- Evolution of Lipids -- Evolution of Membranes -- Fatty Acid Synthesis and Regulation -- Fatty Acids: Introduction -- Formation of Bacterial Glycerol-based Membrane Lipids: Pathways, Enzymes, Reactions -- Formation of Fatty Acids -- Formation of Hopanoids -- Formation of Isoprenoids -- Formation of Lipochitin Oligosaccharide Signaling Molecules -- Functional Roles of Individual Membrane Lipids in Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotic Microbes -- Functional Roles of Non-membrane Lipids in Bacterial Signaling -- Hopanoids and Membrane Integrity and pH Homeostasis -- Lipid A -- Lipid Chaperones -- Lipid Chaperones and Regulation -- Lipid Intermediates in Bacterial Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis -- Lipid Metabolism in Microalgae -- Lipid Rafts -- Lipid-protein Interactions -- Lipid-protein Interactions Determining Membrane Fluidity in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes -- Lipids as Receptors -- Lipoteichoic Acid Synthesis and Function in Gram-positive Bacteria -- Membrane Disrupting Proteins -- Membrane Formation and Regulation -- Membrane Homeostasis Upon Nutrient (C, N, P) Limitation -- Membrane Homeostasis upon pH Challenge -- Membrane Lipid Biogenesis -- Membrane Structure:Function Analysis by Means of Chemical Probes -- Membrane Structure:Function Analysis Through Reconstitution In Vitro -- Membrane Vesicles, Nanopods and Nanotubes of Archaea -- Metabolism and Regulation of Glycerolipids in Yeast -- Metabolism and Roles of Sphingolipids in Yeast Saccharamyces cerevisiae -- Modeling Lipid Membranes -- Modeling Lipid Metabolism in Yeast -- Mycolic Acids: Structures, Biosynthesis , and Function -- Nonpolar Lipids in Yeast: Synthesis, Storage and Degradation -- Ornithine Lipids and Other Amino Acid-containing Acyloxyacyl Lipids -- Outer Membrane Extension Nanowires of Bacteria -- Outer Membrane Vesicles of Bacteria -- Phenolic Lipids Synthesized by Type III Polyketide Synthases -- Players in the Nonpolar Lipid Game - Proteins Involved in Nonpolar Lipid Metabolism in Yeast -- Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biogenesis -- Preface: Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes -- Production of Wax Esters by Bacteria -- Protein Lipidation, Elucidation by Chemical Proteomics, and its Functional Roles -- Regulation of Membrane Lipid Homeostasis in Bacteria upon Temperature Change -- Role of Lipid Domains in Bacterial Cell Processes -- Role of Lipids in the Eukaryotic Secretory Pathway -- Role of the BAM Complex in Outer Membrane Assembly -- Structure:Function of Transmembrane Domains of Proteins and Transmembrane Organelles -- Synthesis of AcetylCoA from Carbon Dioxide in Acetogenic Bacteria -- Synthesis of Acetyl-CoA from Carbon Dioxide in Acetogenic Bacteria -- The Biosynthesis and Evolution of Archaeal Membranes and Ether Phospholipids -- Type III Polyketide Synthases Responsible for Phenolic Lipid Synthesis -- Vitamin Formation from Fatty Acid Precursors -- Wax Ester and Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Bacteria.…”
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