Nanomicrobiology

This book is devoted to nanomicrobiology and the nanosystems of bacteria.  The initial chapter discusses some of the controversies in the geochemical and biomedical fields associated with the reports of nanobacteria in the environment. Current knowledge of several internal and surface structures of bacteria is addressed in this book. Included are chapters discussing carboxysomes, S-layers, gliding motility of bacteria, and aggregation of iron to produce nano-magnetite. Information about the activities of outer membrane vesicles produced by Gram-negative bacteria is discussed as a benefit to bacteria that produce it and some potential industrial applications are presented.  A broad review of bacterial-mineral interactions is addressed in a chapter of metallic nanoparticles and colloids production by bacterial reduction of soluble redox active elements. The structures of bacterial nanowires are discussed and their application in extra-cellular electron transport is reviewed. Nanomotor activities of bacteria are discussed as pertains to the mechanics of flagellar rotation, production of energy by ATP synthase, DNA packing, and translocation of proteins across membranes by secretion systems. The rapidly evolving field of nanosystem technology is embracing many areas, and it is the hope that this book will stimulate the use of bacterial nanostructures for future developments in nanotechnology.     

• bacteria-metal interactions
• inorganic metabolism
• nanobiomotors
• nanocrystals-bacteria
• nanostructures of bacteria

“This interesting book is focused on some ultrastructural components of prokaryotic cell, either belonging to Domain Bacteria or to Domain Archaea, as well as on metal nanoparticles formation during metabolism and nanostructures involved in bacterial glinding motility. … The chapters are written very clearly, from microbiological point of view and from nanotechnological point of view … . The book Nanomicrobiology seems to me to be a useful working instrument for young growing students and scientists … .” (Ioan I. Ardelean, Bulletin of Micro and Nanoelectrotechnologies, Vol. 6 (1-2), 2015)

• Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

  Larry L. Barton

• School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA

  Dennis A. Bazylinski

• Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, USA

  Huifang Xu

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