Designed as an upper-level textbook and a reference for researchers, this important book concentrates on central concepts of the bacterial lifestyle. Taking a refreshingly new approach, it present an integrated view of the prokaryotic cell as an organism and as a member of an interacting population. Beginning with a description of cellular structures, the text proceeds through metabolic pathways and metabolic reactions to the genes and regulatory mechanisms. At a higher level of complexity, a discussion of cell differentiation processes is followed by a description of the diversity of...

With contribution from Joseph W Lengeler (University of Osnabruck, Germany)
With contribution from Mazal Varon (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
With contribution from David Gutnick (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
With contribution from Ruedi Meili (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
With contribution from Richard A Firtel (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
With contribution from Jeffrey E Segall (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
With contribution from Geneva M Omann (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
With contribution from Atsushi...