Description
This concise yet comprehensive text surveys the field of bacterial metabolism in terms useful to students and researchers. Emphasis is on those metabolic reactions occurring only in bacteria. Thus, the book describes in detail the energy metabolism of the various groups of bacteria. In addition, it examines pathways used by bacteria for the degradation of organic compounds, the synthesis of cellular constituents, the regulation of bacterial metabolism and the fixation of molecular nitrogen.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
372 pages
Language
English
Published
Dec 6, 2012
Publisher
Springer
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
1461210720
ISBN-13
9781461210726