The Molecular Basis of Bacterial Metabolism

This is a presentation of progress on reactions of specifically bacterial, mainly anaerobic metabolism. The topics range from the biochemistry of methanogenesis, via anaerobic radical reactions, metal biochemistry in hydrogen and nitrogen metabolism, and conversions of light-and redox energy, to the regulation of metabolic adaptation and the attempts to bioengineer novel pathways for the degredation of xenobiotica. These proceedings represent a highly progressive field of overlapping disciplines, comprising microbiology and molecular genetics, chemistry of biomimetic interest and biophysics.