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Microbial Cell Walls and Membranes

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Authors:
  1. H. J. Rogers

    1. Department of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, UK

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  2. H. R. Perkins

    1. University of Liverpool, UK

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  3. J. B. Ward

    1. Department of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Ultrastructure of bacterial envelopes

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 1-44

  3. Isolation of walls and membranes

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 45-71

  4. Membrane structure and composition in micro-organisms

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 72-104

  5. Membrane functions

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 105-175

  6. Membranes of bacteria lacking peptidoglycan

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 176-189

  7. Structure of peptidoglycan

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 190-214

  8. Additional polymers in bacterial walls

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 215-238

  9. Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 239-297

  10. Antibiotics affecting bacterial wall synthesis

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 298-382

  11. Biosynthesis of other bacterial wall components

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 383-436

  12. The bacterial autolysins

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 437-460

  13. Cell walls of Mycobacteria

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 461-468

  14. Cell walls of filamentous fungi

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 469-477

  15. Biosynthesis of wall components in yeast and filamentous fungi

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 478-507

  16. The cell wall in the growth and cell division of bacteria

    • H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward
    Pages 508-541

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 543-564
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About this book

In 1968 when Cell Walls and Membranes was published it was still reasonable to attempt to write a book covering the whole subject. Accordingly this edition of the book had something to say about walls from micro-organisms and plants as well as about membranes from bacteria and animal cells. A decade later this is manifestly impossible. Knowledge about almost all the subjects has grown explosively, par­ ticularly about membranes and the biosynthesis of macromolecules. Moreover aspects of the subject that were still in a relatively primitive state ten years ago have grown into highly sophisticated subjects worthy of extended treatment. The result is that the present book has had to be confined to structures and functions relating to only one division of the biological kingdom, namely micro-organisms. Even then severe limitations have had to be made to keep the task within the time available to the authors and their expertise. A few of the titles of chapters such as those on the isolation of walls and membranes, the structure of the components of bacterial and micro-fungal walls and their biosynthesis remain from the earlier book. These chapters have been almost completely rewritten and a number of quite new chapters added on topics such as the action of the antibiotics that inhibit bacterial wall syn­ thesis, on the function of bacterial membranes, and the bacterial autolysins.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, UK

    H. J. Rogers, J. B. Ward

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    H. R. Perkins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microbial Cell Walls and Membranes

  • Authors: H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins, J. B. Ward

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6014-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: H. J. Rogers, H. R. Perkins and J. B. Ward 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-6016-2Published: 28 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6014-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 564

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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