The Bacteria: Their Origin, Structure, Function and Antibiosis

ISBN-13: 9781402032059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 224 str.

Arthur L. Koch

Opis

This book may seem like three or four books even though the main - cus is on a specialized topic the bacterial cell wall. Its job is to formulate the innovations that caused life to initiate on earth, those that caused cell physiology to develop without diversity developing, those that allowed the murein walls of the cells to arise, those that led to the separation of the domain of Bacteria from other organisms, those that allowed the Archaea and the Eukarya to develop independently, and those that then led to the development of a very diverse b- sphere. It must have taken a long time after the origin of the ?rst cell; evolution had to proceed to produce very effective organisms. At some point a collection of very similar organisms arose that were ?rst called collectively the Last U- versal Ancestor (LUA), and stable divergence developed from there. The ?rst bacterium had a protective cell wall and its descendants developed in many - verse evolutionary directions, gave rise to many species of bacteria with various life strategies, and expanded to ?ll the many niches in the collection. As the kingdoms or domains of Archaea and Eukarya evolved, many of these organisms (and even some bacteria) acted against bacteria. The dev- opment of antibiotics acting on the wall of bacteria and lytic enzymes, called lysozymes, producedbyprotozoa, plantsandanimals, ledtodestructionofmany bacteria. Theseantagonisticchallengestobacteriaresultedfromitsowncellwall structure.

Spis treści

Preface Legend to the frontispiece Part 1 Origin Of Bacteria 1. Origin Of Life Based On Physical Principles 2. Preamble To Life 3. The First Cell 4. Development Of Cell Physiology And Diversity Part 2 Wall Structure 5. Covalent Bonds And Tensile Strength Of Biomaterials 6. Structure Of The Fabric That Covers A Bacterium 7. The Covalently-Linked Sacculus: The Nona-Muropeptide Model 8. The Structure Of The Tessera : I.E. The Unit Structure Of The Wall Surface 9. Extrusion And Incorporation Into The Wall 10. The Role Of Poles In The Growth Strategy Of Bacteria Part 3 Bacterial Morphologies 11. Sidewalls Of Gram-Negative Rod-Shaped Bacteria 12. Growth Strategies For Gram-Positive Cells 13. Wall Growth Strategies For Gram-Negative Cells 14. Commas, Vibrios, Spirilla, And Helicobacters; Tapered And Branched Bacteria 15. Spirochetes And Spiroplasma And The Special Strategies For CWD (Cell Wall Deficient) Cells 16. Coccal Versus Rods-Shaped Cell And The First Bacterium 17. Diseases: Old And New, Especially Part 4 Antibiosis 18. Lysozymes As Alternatives To ß-Lactams Antibiotics Acting On The Bacterial Wall 19. Development Of Wall Antibiotics And Bacterial Counter-Measures 20. Antibiotics And Resistance, With An Emphasis On Aminoglycosides 21. Future Chemotherapy Aimed At The Bacterial Murein References