Bacterial stress responses /
edited by Gisela Storz, Regine Hengge.
- 2nd ed.
- Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011.
- xv, 506 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure and evolution of transcriptional regulatory network / Guilhem Chalancon and M. Madan Babu -- Architecture and dynamics of transcriptional networks / Anat Bren and Uri Alon -- Regulation by alternative sigma factors / John D. Helmann -- The role of two-component transduction systems in bacterial stress responses / Michael T. Laub -- Role of mRNA stability, translational regulation, and small RNAs in stress response regulation / Susan Gottesman -- Role of proteolysis and chaperones in stress response and regulation / Kürşad Turgay -- Cellular response to heat shock and cold shock / Bentley Lim and Carol A. Gross -- Envelope stress / Sarah E. Ades, Jennifer D. Hayden, and Mary E. Laubacher -- Osmotic stress / Janet M. Wood -- Sensing and responding to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species / Gisela Storz and Stephen Spiro -- Global responses of bacteria to oxygen deprivation / Patricia J. Kiley and Timothy J. Donohue -- Sensing metals: the versatility of fur / Sun-Shin Cha, Jung-Ho Shin, and Jung-Hye Roe -- The DNA damage response / Susan T. Lovett -- The stringent response / Emmanuelle Bouveret and Aurélia Battesti -- The general stress response in gram-negative bacteria / Regine Hengge -- The general stress response in alphaproteobacteria / Anne Francez-Charlot, Julia Frunzke, and Julia A. Vorholt -- The general stress response in Bacillus subtilis and related gram-positive bacteria / Chester W. Price -- Resistance of bacterial spores / Peter Setlow -- Protection against foreign DNA / Philippe Horvath and Rodolphe Barrangou -- More than just a quorum: integration of stress and other environmental cues in acyl-homoserine lactone signaling / Brett Mellbye and Martin Schuster -- Biofilms / Hera Vlamakis and Roberto Kolter -- Persister bacteria / Nathalie Q. Balaban -- Bacterial responses to the host cell / Alfonso Felipe-López and Michael Hensel -- Phase variation / Marjan W. van der Woude and Sarah E. Broadbent -- Metamicrobiology: analyzing microbial behavior at the community level / Jo Handelsman -- Life at the extremes of temperature / Charles Gerday -- Comparative genomics of stress response systems in Deinococcus bacteria / Kira S. Makarova and Michael J. Daly -- Redox mechanisms and reactive oxygen species in antibiotic action and resistance / Inas J. Radhi and Gerard D. Wright -- Applications of stress response studies: biofuel production / James B. McKinlay and Caroline S. Harwood -- Microbial bioremediation of chemical pollutants: how bacteria cope with multi-stress environmental scenarios / Victor de Lorenzo and Herminia Loza-Tavera. I. General Principles -- 1. Structure and Evolution of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks / Guilhem Chalancon and M. Madan Babu -- 2. Architecture and Dynamics of Transcriptional Networks / Anat Bren and Uri Alon -- 3. Regulation by Alternative Sigma Factors / John D. Helmann -- 4. Role of Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems in Bacterial Stress Responses / Michael T. Laub -- 5. Roles of mRNA Stability, Translational Regulation, and Small RNAs in Stress Response Regulation / Susan Gottesman -- 6. Role of Proteolysis and Chaperones in Stress Response and Regulation / Kursad Turgay -- II. Specific Stress Responses -- 7. Cellular Response to Heat Shock and Cold Shock / Bentley Lim and Carol A. Gross -- 8. Envelope Stress / Sarah E. Ades, Jennifer D. Hayden, and Mary E. Laubacher -- 9. Osmotic Stress / Janet M. Wood -- 10. Sensing and Responding to Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species / Gisela Storz and Stephen Spiro -- 11. Global Responses of Bacteria to Oxygen Deprivation / Patricia J. Kiley and Timothy J. Donohue -- 12. Sensing Metals -- the Versatility of Fur / Sun-Shin Chia, Jung-Ho Shin, and Jung-Hye Roe -- 13. The DNA Damage Response / Susan T. Lovett. III. General Stress Responses -- 14. The Stringent Response / Emmanuelle Bouveret and Aurélia Battesti -- 15. The General Stress Response in Gram-Negative Bacteria / Regine Hengge -- 16. The General Stress Response in Alphaproteobacteria / Anne Francez-Charlot, Julia Frunzke, and Julia Vorholt -- 17. The General Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis and Related Gram-Positive Bacteria / Chester W. Price -- 18. Resistance of Bacterial Spores / Peter Setlow -- 19. Protection against Foreign DNA / Philippe Horvath and Rodolphe Barrangou -- 20. More than Just a Quorum: Integration of Stress and Other Environmental Cues in Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Signaling Networks / Brett Mellbye and Martin Schuster -- 21. Biofilms / Hera Vlamakis and Roberto Kolter -- 22. Persister Bacteria / Nathalie Q. Balaban -- IV. Pathogenic Responses -- 23. Bacterial Responses to the Host Cell / Alfonso Felipe-López and Michael Hensel -- 24. Phase Variation / Marjan W. van der Woude and Sarah E. Broadbent -- V. Bacteria Thriving in Stressful Environments -- 25. Metamicrobiology: Analyzing Microbial Behavior at the Community Level / Jo Handelsman -- 26. Life at the Extremes of Temperature / Charles Gerday -- 27. Comparative Genomics of Stress Response Systems in Deinococcus Bacteria / Kira S. Makarova and Michael J. Daly -- VI. Applications of Stress Response Studies -- 28. Redox Mechanisms and Reactive Oxygen Species in Antibiotic Action and Resistance / Inas J. Radhi and Gerard D. Wright -- 29. Applications of Stress Response Studies: Biofuel Production / James B. McKinlay and Caroline S. Harwood -- 30. Microbial Bioremediation of Chemical Pollutants: How Bacteria Cope with Multi-Stress Environmental Scenarios / Victor De Lorenzo and Herminia Loza-Tavera.