Frontispiece
Lars G. Ljungdahl .......................................... xii
A Life with Acetogens, Thermophiles, and Cellulolytic
Anaerobes
Lars G. Ljungdahl ............................................ 1
Regulation of Translation Initiation by RNA Binding Proteins
Paul Babitzke, Carol S. Baker, and Tony Romeo ............... 27
Chemotaxis-Like Regulatory Systems: Unique Roles
in Diverse Bacteria
John R. Kirby ............................................... 45
Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis and Translational Quality Control
Jiqiang Ling, Noah Reynolds, and Michael Ibba ............... 61
Resurrected Pandemic Influenza Viruses
Terrence M. Tumpey and Jessica A. Belser .................... 79
Interspecies Chemical Communication in Bacterial Development
Paul D. Straight and Roberto Kolter ......................... 99
Lipid Signaling in Pathogenic Fungi
Ryan Rhome and Maurizio Del Poeta .......................... 119
Biological Insights from Structures of Two-Component
Proteins
Rong Gao and Ann M. Stock .................................. 133
Role of GTPases in Bacterial Ribosome Assembly
Robert A. Britton .......................................... 155
Gene Transfer and Diversification of Microbial Eukaryotes
Jan O. Andersson ........................................... 177
Malaria Parasite Development in the Mosquito and Infection
of the Mammalian Host
Ahmed S.I. Aly, Ashley M. Vaughan, and Stefan H.I. Kappe ... 195
How Sweet it is! Cell Wall Biogenesis and Polysaccharide
Capsule Formation in Cryptococcus neoformans
Tamara Lea Doering ......................................... 223
Mitochondrial Evolution and Functions in Malaria Parasites
Akhil B. Vaidya and Michael W. Mather ...................... 249
Probiotic and Gut Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria: Molecular
Approaches to Study Diversity and Activity
Michiel Kleerebezem and Elaine E. Vaughan .................. 269
Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and
Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Space, Time, and Host
Matthew C. Fisher, Trenton W.J. Garner, and Susan
F. Walker .................................................. 29l
Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown
Process
Katrin Knittel and Antje Boetius ........................... 311
The Trypanosoma brucei Flagellum: Moving Parasites
in New Directions
Katherine S. Ralston, Zakayi P. Kabututu, Jason H.
Melehani, Michael Oberholzer, and Kent L. Hill ............. 335
Plants, Mycorrhizal Fungi, and Bacteria: A Network of
Interactions
Paola Bonfante and Iulia-Andra Anca ........................ 363
Evolutionary Roles of Upstream Open Reading Frames
in Mediating Gene Regulation in Fungi
Heather M. Hood, Daniel E. Neafsey, James Galagan, and
Matthew S. Sachs ........................................... 385
Single-Cell Ecophysiology of Microbes as Revealed by Raman
Microspectroscopy or Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Michael Wagner ............................................. 411
Microbiology of the Atmosphere-Rock Interface: How
Biological Interactions and Physical Stresses Modulate
a Sophisticated Microbial Ecosystem
Anna A. Gorbushina and William J. Broughton ................ 431
What Sets Bacillus anthracis Apart from Other Bacillus
Species?
Anne-Brit Kolsto, Nicolas J. Tourasse, and Ole Andreas
Økstad ..................................................... 451
The Expanding World of Methylotrophic Metabolism
Ludmila Chistoserdova, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, and Mary
E. Lidstrom ................................................ 477
Genomics, Genetics, and Cell Biology of Magnetosome
Formation
Christian Jogler and Dirk Schüler .......................... 501
Predatory Lifestyle of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Renee Elizabeth Sockett .................................... 523
Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Ben Lugtenberg and Faina Kamilova .......................... 541
Fhotorhabdus and a Host of Hosts
Nick R. Waterfield, Todd Ciche, and David Clarke ........... 557
Management of Oxidative Stress in Bacillus
Peter Zuber ................................................ 575
Sociobiology of the Myxobacteria
Gregory J. Velicer and Michiel Vos ......................... 599
Index
Cumulative Index of Contributing Authors, Volumes 59-63 ....... 625
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