Genetics and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Free-Living Bacteria

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Historical Perspective — Development of nif Genetics and Regulation in Klebsiella pneumoniae

   • R. Dixon

   Pages 1-25

3. Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation and Related Aspects of Metabolism in Species of Azotobacter: History and Current Status

   • C. Kennedy, P. Bishop

   Pages 27-52

4. Nitrogen Fixation in the Clostridia

   • J.-S. Chen

   Pages 53-64

5. Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Methanogenic Archaea

   • J. A. Leigh

   Pages 65-71

6. Nitrogen Fixation in Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacteria

   • T. Thiel

   Pages 73-110

7. N2 Fixation by Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacteria

   • J. R. Gallon

   Pages 111-139

8. Nitrogen Fixation in the Photosynthetic Purple Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

   • B. Masepohl, T. Drepper, W. Klipp

   Pages 141-173

9. Post-Translational Regulation of Nitrogenase in Photosynthetic Bacteria

   • S. Nordlund, P. W. Ludden

   Pages 175-196

10. Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in Free-Living Diazotrophs

    • M. J. Merrick

    Pages 197-223

11. Molybdenum Uptake and Homeostasis

    • R. N. Pau

    Pages 225-256

12. Electron Transport to Nitrogenase: Diverse Routes for a Common Destination

    • K. Saeki

    Pages 257-290

13. Prospects

    • J. R. Gallon, B. Masepohl

    Pages 291-296

14. Back Matter

    Pages 297-300

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Genetics and Regulation of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria This book is the second volume of a seven-volume series, which covers all fields of research related to nitrogen fixation - from basic studies through applied aspects to environmental impacts. Volume II provides a comprehensive and detailed source of information concerning the genetics and regulation of biological nitrogen fixation in free-living prokaryotes. This preface attempts to provide the reader with some insight into how this volume originated, how it was planned, and then how it developed over the several years of its production. Once the editorial team was established, the first job was to decide which of the many free-living diazotrophs that have been subjected to genetic analysis should be included in this volume. Would we need to develop specific criteria for selection or would the organisms, in effect, select themselves? Of course, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Azotobacter vinelandii, which have served (and still serve) as the main model organisms for the genetic analysis of diazotrophy, plus some of the other bacteria described in this volume, did indeed select themselves. However, there was considerable discussion surrounding well-characterized fixing species, like Azorhizobium caulinodans and Herbaspirillum seropedicae, both of which are able to fix atmospheric N under free-living conditions.

• DNA
• Proteobacteria
• bacteria
• cyanobacteria
• genes
• genetics
• metabolism
• microorganism
• microorganisms
• molecular biology
• nitrogen
• prokaryotes
• protein
• transcription
• translation

• Lehrstuhl für Biologie der Mikroorganismen Fakultät für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

  Werner Klipp, Bernd Masepohl

• Biochemistry Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, UK

  John R. Gallon

• Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, USA

  William E. Newton

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