The Biology of acinetobacter : taxonomy, clinical importance, molecular biology, physiology, industrial relevance
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The Biology of acinetobacter : taxonomy, clinical importance, molecular biology, physiology, industrial relevance
(FEMS symposium, no. 57)
Plenum Press, c1991
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Note
Based on the proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Acinetobacter held under the auspices of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, on Sept. 6-7, 1990 in Paris, France
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The 1st International Workshop on Acinetobacter was held on 6th September, 1986, in Manchester, England, in association with the 14th International Congress of Microbiology. That occasion was so well attended and productive that there were soon discussions about how, when and where the next meeting should be held. This time, however, there was sufficient confidence to think of a more substantial meeting and to plan for the proceedings to be published. It emerged that there was wide agreement that the time was ripe to take stock of the entire biology of Acinetobacter: its occurrence and taxonomy; its molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology; its clinical importance and its industrial and commercial applications. The 2nd International Workshop on Acinetobacter took place from 6th to 7th September, 1990, at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, and was sponsored by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. There were about 100 participants from 19 countries. The backbone of the meeting consisted of 23 plenary lectures. There were 28 posters and the meeting closed with a general discussion which went on long after the official finishing time despite all the counter-attractions of a sunny Parisian Friday afternoon. Indeed discussions continued while cruising along the Seine and while dining at the top of the Tour Montparnasse. However, the vitality and usefulness of even the most successful meeting is difficult to transmit by the printed word.
Table of Contents
Acinetobacter: Portrait of a Genus.- Taxonomy of Acinetobacter.- Typing of Acinetobacter.- Hospital Epidemiology of Acinetobacter Infection.- Epidemiology of Acinetobacter Strains Isolated from Nosocomial Infections in France.- Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Nosocomial Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolates.- Factors Influencing the Virulence of Acinetobacter.- Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Acinetobacter.- The Chromosomal ?-Lactamases of the Genus Acinetobacter: Enzymes Which Challenge our Imagination.- The use of Molecular Techniques for the Location and Characterisation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter.- Plasmid and Transposon Behaviour in Acinetobacter.- Plasmid Stability and the Expression and Regulation of a Marker Gene in Acinetobacter and other Gram-Negative Hosts.- Random Insertional Mutagenesis in Acinetobacter.- Genetic Organisation of Acinetobacter.- Evolution of Genes for the ?-Ketoadipate Pathway in Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus.- Organisation, Potential Regulatory Elements and Evolution of trp Genes in Acinetobacter.- Codon Usage in Acinetobacter Structural Genes.- The Outer Membrane of Acinetobacter: Structure-Function Relationships.- Energy Reserves in Acinetobacter.- Energy Generation and the Glucose Dehydrogenase Pathway in Acinetobacter.- Acinetobacter - Citric Acid Cyclist with a Difference.- Metabolism of Alkanes by Acinetobacter.- Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds by Acinetobacter.- Metabolism of Cyclohexane and Related Alicyclic Compounds by Acinetobacter.- Metabolism of Trimethylammonium Compounds by Acinetobacter.- Applications of Acinetobacter as an Industrial Microorganism.
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