Aerobic Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Biochemistry of Aerobic Degradation of Hydrocarbons

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Diversity and Common Principles in Enzymatic Activation of Hydrocarbons: An Introduction

      • F. Widdel, F. Musat

      Pages 3-32

   3. Energetic and Other Quantitative Aspects of Microbial Hydrocarbon Utilization: An Introduction

      • F. Widdel, F. Musat

      Pages 33-72

   4. Physiology and Biochemistry of the Aerobic Methanotrophs

      • Valentina N. Khmelenina, J. Colin Murrell, Thomas J. Smith, Yuri A. Trotsenko

      Pages 73-97

   5. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Methane Monooxygenase

      • Tim Nichol, J. Colin Murrell, Thomas J. Smith

      Pages 99-115

   6. Enzymes for Aerobic Degradation of Alkanes in Bacteria

      • Renata Moreno, Fernando Rojo

      Pages 117-142

   7. Enzymes for Aerobic Degradation of Alkanes in Yeasts

      • Ryouichi Fukuda, Akinori Ohta

      Pages 143-156

   8. Aerobic Degradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

      • D. Pérez-Pantoja, B. González, Dietmar H. Pieper

      Pages 157-200

   9. Biosynthesis and Insertion of Heme

      • Katrin Müller, Toni Mingers, V. Haskamp, Dieter Jahn, Martina Jahn

      Pages 201-228

3. Biochemistry of Aerobic Degradation of Lipids

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Membrane Lipid Degradation and Lipid Cycles in Microbes

      • Diana X. Sahonero-Canavesi, Isabel M. López-Lara, Otto Geiger

      Pages 231-254

   3. Classification of Lipolytic Enzymes from Bacteria

      • Filip Kovacic, Nikolina Babic, Ulrich Krauss, Karl-Erich Jaeger

      Pages 255-289

   4. Pathways for the Degradation of Fatty Acids in Bacteria

      • Lorena Jimenez-Diaz, Antonio Caballero, Ana Segura

      Pages 291-313

   5. Bacterial Metabolism of Steroids

      • Beatriz Galán, Julia García-Fernández, Carmen Felpeto-Santero, Lorena Fernández-Cabezón, José L. García

      Pages 315-336

   6. Aerobic Degradation of Chloroaromatics

      • Dietmar H. Pieper, B. González, B. Cámara, D. Pérez-Pantoja, W. Reineke

      Pages 337-366

   7. Structure-Function Relationships and Engineering of Haloalkane Dehalogenases

      • Piia Kokkonen, Tana Koudelakova, Radka Chaloupkova, Lukas Daniel, Zbynek Prokop, Jiri Damborsky

      Pages 367-387

   8. Aerobic Degradation of Gasoline Ether Oxygenates

      • Michael Hyman

      Pages 389-419

   9. Bacterial Metabolism of C1 Sulfur Compounds

      • Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt

      Pages 421-463

   10. Aerobic Bacterial Catabolism of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate

       • Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt

       Pages 465-491

This book describes the biochemistry and genetics of aerobic degradation of hydrocarbons and lipids by bacteria and yeasts, as well as the functional genomics of the best-known microorganisms involved in these processes. It forms part of the Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Series, a definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse aspects of the interactions of microbes with hydrocarbons and lipids. Chapters are mainly focused on the new discoveries of recent years. It is aimed to scientists and others interested in different aspects of the microbiology of hydrocarbons.

• Biodegradation
• Hydrocarbons
• Bacteria
• Yeasts
• Alkanes
• Gasoline
• Aromatic hydrocarbons
• Degradation of lipids
• Fatty acids

• Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

  Fernando Rojo

Fernando Rojo studied biochemistry and molecular biology and obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Department of Medical Biochemistry of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and at the Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa” (CBMSO-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. His work has been devoted to the analysis and modification of bacterial pathways for the degradation of hydrocarbons and toxic compounds and to the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of gene expression in bacteria. During the last 20 years, his research group has been focused on the analysis of the global regulation networks that allow coordinating metabolism in pseudomonads. He has published over 130 papers in international journals. He is currently Research Professor of CSIC and Director of the National Centre of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC).

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