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Microorganisms as Model Systems for Studying Evolution

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Robert P. Mortlock

    1. Department of Microbiology, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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Part of the book series: Monographs in Evolutionary Biology (MEBI)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Utilization of Pentitols in Studies of the Evolution of Enzyme Pathways

    • Robert P. Mortlock
    Pages 1-21

  3. Experimental Evolution of Ribitol Dehydrogenase

    • B. S. Hartley
    Pages 23-54

  4. The Structure and Control of the Pentitol Operons

    • B. S. Hartley
    Pages 55-107

  5. The Development of Catabolic Pathways for the Uncommon Aldopentoses

    • Robert P. Mortlock
    Pages 109-134

  6. Functional Divergence of the L-Fucose System in Mutants of Escherichi coli

    • E. C. C. Lin, T. T. Wu
    Pages 135-164

  7. The Evolved β-Galactosidase System of Escherichia coli

    • Barry G. Hall
    Pages 165-185

  8. Amidases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Patricia H. Clarke
    Pages 187-231

  9. Structural Evolution of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase in the Laboratory

    • Christopher Wills
    Pages 233-254

  10. Gene Recruitment for a Subunit of Isopropylmalate Isomerase

    • Jost Kemper
    Pages 255-284

  11. Arrangement and Rearrangement of Bacterial Genomes

    • Monica Riley
    Pages 285-315

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 317-326
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About this book

The microorganisms present on the earth today possess a vast range of metabolic activities and are often able to demonstrate their surprising versatility by gaining both new enzyme activities and new metabolic path­ ways through mutations. It is generally assumed that the earliest micro­ organisms were very limited in their metabolic abilities, but as time passed they gradually expanded their range of enzymatic activities and increased both their biosynthetic and catabolic capacity. It is also believed that these primitive microorganisms increased the amount of genetic material they possessed by duplicating their existing genes and possibly by ac­ quiring genetic material from other organisms. A small group of scientists has been exploring the means by which existing microorganisms are capable of mutating to expand their bio­ chemical abilities. In recent years, more attention has been focused on this type of research, sometimes called "evolution in a test tube." The recent advances in biotechnology and modern techniques of genetic trans­ fer have generated new interest in the methods by which a microorgan­ ism's metabolic activities can be improved or deliberately changed in some specific manner.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Microbiology, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Robert P. Mortlock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microorganisms as Model Systems for Studying Evolution

  • Editors: Robert P. Mortlock

  • Series Title: Monographs in Evolutionary Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4844-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4846-7Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4844-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 326

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology

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