Bacteria occupy a unique position in the living world. They are
amongst the first inhabitants of planet earth, and have survived
until the present day. Adaptation, adjustment, and accommodation
are the hallmarks of their strategy for survival. Their structural
simplicity, and yet independent lifestyle, has provided a baseline
model system on which every branch of modern biology have been
founded. This includes the fields of molecular genetics and
recombinant DNA technology. Bacteria have been at the heart of
developments in the field of biotechnology where today many
microbial and eukaryotic (including human) metabolites have found
industrial applications. Amenable to all modern tools and
techniques, bacteriology has developed an interface with all other
branches of biology, often providing the major leads and clues. In
the present era of genomics, now that many microbial genomes have
been sequenced, bacteria are destined to provide new information
that will further our understanding of life and biological
processes.
This book contains exhaustive information on almost all aspects of
bacteria. The book deals exclusively with bacteria and includes the
entire gamut of bacteriology. It will be useful to graduate and
post-graduate levels but also to established researchers. The book
is organized in such a way that it will give the reader an overview
of our current understanding of bacteria. It will explain the
categories under which various types have been grouped and describe
the versatile range of metabolic processes which can be found in
these microbial organisms. Their metabolic regulation, capacity to
change and keep evolving and their pivotal role in natural
processes arehighlighted. Research on bacteria, especially genetic
engineering, will have far reaching applications in the future.
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