Bacterial Growth and Form

ISBN-13: 9780412028717 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 423 str.

Arthur L. Koch;Koch; A. L. Koch

Opis

Based on the author's more than 40 years experience, Bacterial Growth and Form examines such important questions as what bacteria were, what they are, and what they do. Particular emphasis is placed on the ability of bacteria to establish their shapes as they grow and divide. By developing an understanding of the properties of these simple and early life forms, especially at the levels of physics and mathematics, the book provides insight into the mechanism used by bacteria to subvert physical forces to their own ends. A major consideration of this work is that prokaryotes do many of the same things that eukaryotes do, but with simpler equipment employed in an extremely sophisticated way. The book illustrates this point by closely examining the basic mechanismof hydrostatic or turgor pressure: how it functions for many of the mechanical purposes in the prokaryote, how it leads to mechanisms for resisting turgor pressure, and how it ultimately led to the development of exoskeletons and endoskeletons, and to the refinement of bacteria. Bacterial Growth and Form brings together biochemical, biophysical, and physiological principles in an authoritative, single-source volume. It provides researchers, and students in biophysics and microbiology with an indispensible reference and a new perspective into the biology of life.

Recenzje

What the author presents is exactly what we are waiting from a true cellular and molecular biologist: new perspectives and explanation, in a syncretic manner, of fundamental biological Life Science problems, linking structures and chemical and physical phenomena. This book should be bought by all our readers. And they are numerous! - Cellular and Molecular Biology

Spis treści

From the first cell to the last universal ancestor; The contrast of the cellular abilities of eukaryotes and prokaryotes; Bacterial growth; The synthesis of functional bacterial wall; Turgor pressure of bacterial cells; The surface stress theory;: non vitalism in action; The mechanical aspects of cell division; The Gram-positive coccus: Enterococcus hirae; Gram-positive rod-shaped organism: Bacillus subtilis; The Gram-negative rod: Escherichia coli; The problem of apical growth of streptomyces and fungi; Twisting and rotation during the growth of Gram-positive rods; The structural and physiological roles of the layers of the envelope of Gram-negative acteria; Gliding motility, protonmotive force, and flagellar rotation; The porkaryote persuasion.