1. Subcellular Organisation in Bacteria ........................ 1
Peter J. Lewis
2. Molecular Components of the Bacterial Cytoskeleton ......... 43
Katharine A. Michie
3. Mechanosensitive Channels: Their Mechanisms and Roles
in Preserving Bacterial Ultrastructure During Adaptation
to Environmental Changes ................................... 73
Ian R. Booth, Samantha Miller, Akiko Rasmussen,
Tim Rasmussen, and Michelle D. Edwards
4. Structural and Functional Flexibility of Bacterial
Respiromes ................................................. 97
David J. Richardson
5. Protein Secretion in Bacterial Cells ...................... 129
Christos Stathopoulos, Yihfen T. Yen, Casey Tsang,
and Todd Cameron
6. Regulation of Transcription in Bacteria by DNA
Supercoiling .............................................. 155
Charles J. Dorman
7. Quorum Sensing ............................................ 179
Simon Swift, Maria C. Rowe, and Malavika Kamath
8. Environmental Sensing and the Role of Extracytoplasmic
Function Sigma Factors .................................... 233
Bronwyn G. Butcher, Thorsten Mascher, and
John D. Helmann
9. Extracellular Sensors and Extracellular Induction
Components in Stress Tolerance Induction .................. 263
Robin J. Rowbury
10. Ribosome Modulation Factor ............................... 293
Gordon W. Niven and Walid M. El-Sharoud
11. The Role of RpoS in Bacterial Adaptation .................. 313
Tao Dong, Charlie Joyce, and Herb E. Schellhorn
12. Phenotypic Variation and Bistable Switching in Bacteria ... 339
Wiep Klaas Smits, Jan-Willem Veening, and
Oscar P. Kuipers
Index ......................................................... 367
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