Biodegradative Bacteria How Bacteria Degrade, Survive, Adapt, and Evolve

Part 1 Genetic and genomic systems 1. Rhodococcus multiple-enzyme and parallel-degradation system for aromatic compounds 2. Appearance and evolution of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacteria 3. Diversity of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)-degradative genes and degrading bacteria 4. Genetic system of organohalide-respiring bacteria 5. Mobile catabolic genetic elements in pseudomonads 6. Adaptation to xenobiotics and toxic compounds by Cupriavidus and Ralstonia with special reference to Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 and mobile genetic elements 7. Conjugative elements: Host chromosome function modifiers Part 2 Enzyme systems 8. On-line monitoring of biodegradation processes using enzymatic biosensors 9. Structure and function of aromatic-ring hydroxylating dioxygenase system 10. The protocatechuate 4,5-cleavage pathway: Overview and new findings 11. Toluene tolerance systems in Pseudomonas 12. Diversity and evolution of aromatic degradation pathway enzymes in an activated sludge Part 3 Bacterial behavior in natural environmental systems 13. Syntrophic interactions in biodegradative consortia 14. Strategies to reveal genomic function in natural soil systems 15. Monitoring microbial community dynamics to evaluate bioremediation 16. Selective stimulation of aromatic compound degradation by the indigenous marine bacterium Cycloclasticus for bioremediation of oil spills in the marine environment 17. Biofilm as a multicellular bacterial system Index