Microbial physiology / Albert G. Moat, John W. Foster.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Escherichia coli Paradigm -- Cell Structure -- The Cell Surface -- Synthesis of DNA, RNA, and Protein -- Metabolic and Genetic Regulation -- Microbial Genetics -- Chemical Synthesis -- Chemical Composition -- Energy -- Oxidation--Reduction Versus Fermentation -- Nitrogen Assimilation -- Special Topics -- Endospores -- Growth -- Continuous Culture -- Factors Affecting Growth -- Nutrition -- Oxygen -- Carbon Dioxide -- Extremophiles -- Microbial Stress Responses -- Macromolecular Synthesis and Processing: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis -- Structure of DNA -- Bacterial Nucleoids -- REP Elements -- DNA Replication -- DNA Replication is Bidirectional and Semiconservative -- DNA Polymerase Functions as a Dimer -- Model of DNA Replication -- Initiation of DNA Replication -- Termination of DNA Replication and Chromosome Partitioning -- RNA Synthesis: Transcription -- RNA Synthesis -- RNA Turnover -- RNA Processing -- Protein Synthesis: Translation -- Transfer RNA -- Charging of tRNA -- Ribosome Structure and Synthesis -- Initiation of Polypeptide Synthesis -- Elongation -- Peptide Bond Formation -- Translocation -- Termination -- Posttranslational Processing -- When Nonsense Makes Sense -- Coupled Transcription and Translation -- Protein Folding and Chaperones -- Folding Stages -- Protein Folding and Chaperone Mechanisms Outside the Cytoplasm -- Quality Control -- Protein Trafficking -- Insertion of Integral Membrane Proteins and Export of Periplasmic Proteins -- Secretion of Proteins Across the Outer Membrane.