Bacteria as multicellular organisms

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Author:

Shapiro, James A. (James Allen), 1943-

ISBN:

9780195091595

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Physical Description:

xiii, 466 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Multiculturism versus the single microbe / M. Dworkin -- 2. Multicellularity: the rule, not the exception: Lessons from Escherichia coli colonies / J. A. Shapiro -- 3. Pheromone-inducible conjugation in Enterococcus faecalis: Mating interactions mediated by chemical signals and direct contact / R. E. Ruhfel, B. A. B. Leonard and G. M. Dunny -- 4. N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone autoinducers in bacteria: Unity and diversity / P. V. Dunlap -- 5. Cyanobacteria / D. G. Adams -- 6. Mycelial life style of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and its relatives / K. F. Chater and R. Losick -- 7. Proteus mirabilis and other swarming bacteria / R. Belas -- 8. Myxobacterial multicellularity / L. J. Shimkets and M. Dworkin -- 9. Oral Microbiology and Coaggregation / P. E. Kolenbrander -- 10. Flow cytometry: Useful tool for analyzing bacterial populations cell by cell / B. Hauer and H. Eipel.

11. In situ analyses of microbial populations with molecular probes: Phylogenetic dimension / N. K. Fry, L. Raskin and R. Sharp [et al.] -- 12. Physical and genetic consequences of multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis / N. H. Mendelson, B. Salhi and C. Li -- 13. Formation of colony patterns by a bacterial cell population / M. Matsushita -- 14. Cooperative formation of bacterial patterns / E. Ben-Jacob and I. Cohen -- 15. Collective behavior and dynamics of swimming bacteria / J. O. Kessler and M. F. Wojciechowski.

Subject Term:

Bacteria -- Ecology.

Microbial aggregation.

Added Author:

Shapiro, James A. (James Allen), 1943-

Dworkin, Martin.

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Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/96004288-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/96004288-t.html

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Bacteria as Multicellular Organisms is the first book devoted specifically to multicellular aspects of bacterial life. Contrary to conventional wisdom, which treats bacteria as autonomous single cells, this book shows how bacteria are sentient, interactive organisms with an unexpectedly broad repertoire of chemical and physical mechanisms for signalling each other and organizing themselves into multicellular aggregates with novel properties. The book has been compiled from reports by specialists in a variety of disciplines from genetics and microbiology to environmental engineering and biotechnology. This interdisciplinary approach reflects the growing importance of bacteria as key experimental material for investigating phenomena common to many fields in contemporary science: communication, complexity, self-organization, and pattern formation. The impact of bacterial multicellularity will affect such diverse areas as evolutionary population biology, non-linear dynamics, and information science.