Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes

By Jessup M. Shively and Shively, Jessup M.,

Book Overview

Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes.- Prokaryote Complex Intracellular Structures: Descriptions and Discoveries.- Proteasomes and Other Nanocompartmentalized Proteases of Archaea.- Assembly and Disassembly of Phycobilisomes.- Chlorosomes: Antenna Organelles in Photosynthetic Green Bacteria.- Gas Vesicles of Archaea and Bacteria.- Carboxysomes and Carboxysome-like Inclusions.- Magnetosomes in Magnetotactic Bacteria.- Structure, Function and Formation of Bacterial Intracytoplasmic Membranes.- Membrane-bounded Nucleoids and Pirellulosomes of Planctomycetes.- Anammoxosomes of Anaerobic Ammonium-oxidizing Planctomycetes.- The Enigmatic Cytoarchitecture of Epulopiscium spp..- Additional Complex Intracellular Structures.- Cytoskeletal Elements in Prokaryotes.- Cryo-electron Tomography Reveals the Architecture of a Bacterial Cytoskeleton.- Organization and Assembly of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae Attachment Organelle.- The Junctional Pore Complex: Molecular Motor of Microbial Motility.- Type III Secretion Systems: Bacterial Injection Devices for Microbe-Host Interactions.- Gas Vesicles in Actinomycetes: Not Simply a Case of Flotation in Water-Logged Soil.- Bacterial Endosymbionts in Prokaryotes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642068936
• ISBN13: 9783642068935
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"