Medical Microbiology

154 3 GeneralBacteriology acidsisnotknownindetail;possiblytheyregulatetheactivityoftheauto- lysinsthatsteergrowthandtransversefi ...

TheMorphologyandFineStructureofBacteria 155 &Outermembraneproteins. — OmpA(outermembraneproteinA)andthemureinlipoproteinform ...

156 3 GeneralBacteriology — LipoidAisresponsibleforthetoxiceffect.Asafreesubstance,orboundup intheLPScomplex,itstimulates—bybind ...

TheMorphologyandFineStructureofBacteria 157 unstablewhensubjectedtoosmoticinfluences.Theyaretotallyresistantto betalactams,which ...

158 3 GeneralBacteriology latedbacteriaaredescribedasmonotrichous,lophotrichous,orperitrichous, dependingonhowtheflagellaarearra ...

TheMorphologyandFineStructureofBacteria 159 ExamplesofMedicallyImportantBiofilms &Followingimplantationofendoprostheses,cath ...

160 3 GeneralBacteriology ilizationproceduresrequireveryhightemperaturestokillthemeffectively. Potentialcontributingfactorstospo ...

ThePhysiologyofMetabolismandGrowthinBacteria 161 reactions,theenergyrequirementisconsumedintheformoflightorchem- icalenergy—byph ...

162 3 GeneralBacteriology Theroleofoxygen.Oxygenisactivatedinoneofthreeways: &Transferof4e–toO 2 ,resultingintwooxygenions(2 ...

ThePhysiologyofMetabolismandGrowthinBacteria 163 BacteriaarecategorizedasthefollowingaccordingtotheirO 2 -related behavior: & ...

164 3 GeneralBacteriology MetabolicRegulation.................................. Bacteriaarehighlyefficientmetabolicregulators,co ...

ThePhysiologyofMetabolismandGrowthinBacteria 165 GrowthandCellDeath................................ Bacteriareproduceasexuallyby ...

BacterialCellCountandBacterialMass Thecolonycountingmethod.Thenumberoflivingcellsinagivencultureor materialcanbedeterminedbymean ...

TheMolecularBasisofBacterialGenetics 167 TheStructureofBacterialDNA........................... Abacterium’sgeneticinformationiss ...

168 3 GeneralBacteriology Manyofthemcarrygenesthatcodeforcertainphenotypiccharacteristicsof thehostcell.Thefollowingplasmidtypes ...

TheMolecularBasisofBacterialGenetics 169 separatedbyintercistronicregions.Eachcistronhasitsownstartandstop codoninthemRNA. & ...

170 3 GeneralBacteriology TranscriptionalRegulationofanOperon: &Catabolicoperonshavegenesthatcodeforenzymesofcatabolicmetabo ...

TheGeneticVariabilityofBacteria 171 chemicallypurefromadonorintoareceptorcell.Intransduction,bacte- riophagesserveasthevehiclesf ...

172 3 GeneralBacteriology Site-specificrecombination.Integrationorexcisionofasequenceinorfrom targetDNA.Onlyasinglesequenceofafe ...

TheGeneticVariabilityofBacteria 173 DetailsofTransposableDNAElements &Insertionsequences(ISelements,Fig.3. 20 ).Thesearethes ...