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Title Molecular microbiology of heavy metals / volume editors, Dietrich H. Nies, Simon Silver
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 460 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Microbiology monographs, 1862-5576 ; 6
Microbiology monographs ; 6. 1862-5576
Contents Molecular Physiology of Metal-Microbe Interactions According to Mechanisms -- Understanding How Cells Allocate Metals -- Metalloregulators: Arbiters of Metal Sufficiency -- Transcriptomic Responses of Bacterial Cells to Sublethal Metal Ion Stress -- Bacterial Transition Metal Homeostasis -- Biosensing of Heavy Metals -- A¡Glossary of Microanalytical Tools to Assess the Metallome -- Molecular Physiology of Metal-Microbe Interactions According to Groups -- Acquisition of Iron by Bacteria -- New Transport Deals for Old Iron -- Manganese: Uptake, Biological Function, and Role in Virulence -- How Bacteria Handle Copper -- Microbial Physiology of Nickel and Cobalt -- Zinc, Cadmium, and Lead Resistance and Homeostasis -- Microbiology of the Toxic Noble Metal Silver -- Mercury Microbiology: Resistance Systems, Environmental Aspects, Methylation, and Human Health -- Arsenic Metabolism in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbes -- Reduction and Efflux of Chromate by Bacteria -- Molybdate and Tungstate: Uptake, Homeostasis, Cofactors, and Enzymes
Summary All forms of life depend on a variety of heavy metal ions. Nearly one-third of all gene products require a metal ion for proper folding or function. However, even metals generally regarded as non-poisonous are toxic at higher concentrations, including the essential ones. Thus, sensitive regulation of metal uptake, storage, allocation and detoxification is needed to maintain cellular homeostasis of heavy metal ions. Molecular Microbiology of Heavy Metals includes chapters on allocation of metals in cells, metal transporter, storage and metalloregulatory proteins, cellular responses to metal ion stress, transcription of genes involved in metal ion homeostasis, uptake of essential metals, metal efflux and other detoxification mechanisms. Also discussed are metal bioreporters for the nanomolar range of concentration and tools to address the metallome. Chapters in the second part cover specific metals such as Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Co, Zn and Mo as key nutrient elements and Ag, As, Cd, Hg and Cr as toxic elements
Analysis microbiologie
microbiology
biochemie
biochemistry
microorganisms
zware metalen
heavy metals
genomica
genomics
Microbiology (General)
Microbiologie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer e-books
Subject Metal ions -- Metabolism
Heavy metals -- Metabolism
Metal ions -- Metabolic detoxification
Molecular genetics.
Drugs -- Metabolic detoxification.
Biochemistry.
Microbiology.
Chemistry, Organic.
Bacteria -- metabolism
Bacterial Proteins -- metabolism
Cation Transport Proteins -- metabolism
Inactivation, Metabolic
Metals, Heavy -- metabolism
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Chemistry, Organic
biochemistry.
microbiology.
organic chemistry.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Molecular Biology.
Heavy metals -- Metabolism.
Metal ions -- Metabolic detoxification.
Molecular genetics.
Bacteria -- Metabolism.
Bacterial Proteins -- metabolism.
Cation Transport Proteins -- metabolism.
Metabolic detoxication, Drug.
Metals, Heavy -- metabolism.
Metal ions -- Metabolism.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Drugs -- Metabolic detoxification
Metal ions -- Metabolism
Molecular genetics
Form Electronic book
Author Nies, Dietrich H.
Silver, S. (Simon)
LC no. 2006940357
ISBN 9783540697718
3540697713
3540697705
9783540697701
6610817731
9786610817733
1280817739
9781280817731