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| Unusual Two-Component Signal Transduction Pathways in the Actinobacteria | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Unusual Two-Component Systems in Actinobacteria | |
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| Orphan Two-Component Proteins | |
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| Conclusions and Perspectives | |
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| References | |
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| Acyl-HSL Signal Decay: Intrinsic to Bacterial Cell-Cell Communications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acyl-HSL-Degrading Organisms, Enzymes, and Homologues | |
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| Mechanisms of Acyl-HSL Degradation | |
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| Specificity of Acyl-HSL-Degrading Enzymes | |
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| Acyl-HSL Stability in Natural Environments | |
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| Coevolution of Quorum-Sensing Bacteria with Hosts and Acyl-HSL-Degrading Bacteria | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Microbial Exoenzyme Production in Food | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure and Function of Exoenzymes | |
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| Classification of Enzymes | |
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| Enzyme Synthesis | |
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| Enzyme Activity | |
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| Conclusion and Future Prospects | |
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| References | |
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| Biogenetic Diversity of Cyanobacterial Metabolites | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Major Biosynthetic Routes in Cyanobacteria | |
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| Polyketides | |
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| Cyanopeptides | |
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| Alkaloids | |
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| Isoprenoids | |
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| Other Cyanobacteria] Metabolites | |
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| References | |
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| Pathways to Discovering New Microbial Metabolism for Functional Genomics and Biotechnology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining the Hypothesis That Most Metabolic Reactions Are Yet to be Discovered | |
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| Organization of Existing Metabolic Information | |
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| Approaches for New Discovery | |
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| Newly Discovered Microbial Metabolism | |
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| Significance of New Discoveries in Novel Functional Group Metabolism | |
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| Use of Recently Discovered Biocatalysis Industrially | |
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| References | |
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| Biocatalysis by Dehalogenating Enzymes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Halocarboxylic Acid Dehalogenases | |
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| Haloalkane Dehalogenases | |
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| Halohydrin Dehalogenases | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Lipases from Extremophiles and Potential for Industrial Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Lipases from Extreme Microorganisms | |
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| Improving Lipases for Efficient Applications | |
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| Regio- and Stereospecificity of Lipases | |
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| Applications of Lipases | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| In Situ Bioremediation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Unsaturated Zone Treatment Methods | |
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| Saturated Zone Treatment Methods | |
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| Use of Inocula | |
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| Monitoring Methods | |
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| Conclusions and Future Prospects | |
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| References | |
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| Bacterial Cycling of Methyl Halides | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Methyl Halide-Degrading Organisms | |
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| Biochemistry and Genetics of Methyl Halide Degradation | |
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| Microbial Ecology of Methyl Halide-Degrading Bacteria | |
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| Potential Applications for Bioremediation Using Methyl Halide-Oxidizing Bacteria | |
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| Outlook | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| Contents of Previous Volumes | |