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Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms for Chemicals

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Editors:
  1. Alexander Hollaender

    1. Associated Universities, Inc., USA

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  2. Ralph D. DeMoss

    1. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA

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  3. Samuel Kaplan
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  4. Jordan Konisky
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  5. Dwayne Savage
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  6. Ralph S. Wolfe
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Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences (BLSC, volume 19)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Irwin C. Gunsalus
    Pages 1-2

  3. Welcoming Remarks

    • Alexander Hollaender
    Pages 3-4

  4. Plasmids as Vectors for Gene Cloning: Past, Present, and Future Use

    • Donald Helinski
    Pages 5-24

  5. Strategies: Techniques and Molecular Systems Chairman’s Introduction

    • Rollin D. Hotchkiss
    Pages 25-27

  6. Cloning Vectors Derived from Bacterial Plasmids

    • Michael Bittner, Daniel Vapnek
    Pages 29-49

  7. Expression of a Foreign Procaryotic Gene in Bacillus Subtilis

    • Paul S. Lovett, Donna M. Williams, Elizabeth J. Duvall
    Pages 51-57

  8. Fusion of Microbial Protoplasts: Problems and Perspectives

    • Lajos Alföldi
    Pages 59-71

  9. Strategies: Models and Problems

    • Stanley Dagley
    Pages 73-74

  10. Baker’s Yeast: A Successful Industrial Microorganism is Now a Favorable Host for Molecular Cloning

    • John F. Scott
    Pages 75-86

  11. Transformation of Neurospora Crassa Utilizing Recombinant Plasmid DNA

    • Mary E. Case
    Pages 87-100

  12. Perspectives for the Genetic Engineering of Hydrocarbon Oxidizing Bacteria

    • James A. Shapiro, A. Carbit, S. Benson, M. Caruso, R. Laux, R. Meyer et al.
    Pages 101-102

  13. Photosynthesis and Cloning in Cyanobacteria

    • Louis A. Sherman, James Guikema
    Pages 103-131

  14. Models for Genetic Manipulation of Actinomycetes

    • John H. Coats
    Pages 133-142

  15. The Regulation of Yeast Gene Expression by Multiple Control Elements

    • Terrance G. Cooper
    Pages 143-161

  16. Strategies for Cloning in Bacillus Subtilis

    • James A. Hoch, Ahn Nguyen, Eugenio Ferrari
    Pages 163-173

  17. Genetic and Molecular Studies of the Regulation of Atypical Citrate Utilization and Variable Vi Antigen Expression in Enteric Bacteria

    • L. S. Baron, D. J. Kopecko, S. M. McCowen, N. J. Snellings, E. M. Johnson, W. C. Reid et al.
    Pages 175-194

  18. Molecular Cloning in the Streptococci

    • Francis L. Macrina, Janet Ash Tobian, Kevin R. Jones, R. Paul Evans
    Pages 195-210

  19. Genetic Engineering on Microorganisms for Chemicals: Diversity of Genetic and Biochemical Traits of Pseudomonads

    • Douglas W. Ribbons, Peter A. Williams
    Pages 211-232

  20. Beginning Genetics with Methanogens

    • John N. Reeve, Nancy J. Trun, Paul T. Hamilton
    Pages 233-244
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The normal course of most biologically catalyzed processes is tightly regulated at the genetic and physiological levels. The regulatory mechanisms are diverse, sometimes redundant, and it is becoming increasingly apparent that, at the genetic level, the range of mechanisms may be limited only by the permutations and combina­ tions available. For each microbial cell, evolution appears to have resulted in maximized advantage to that cell, achieving regulatory balance. Genetic engineering encompasses our attempts to perturb the genetic regulation of a cell so that we may obtain desired other than normal outcomes, such as increased product formation, or new product formation. Following the groundwork established by a preceding symposium (Trends in the Biology of Fermentations for Fuels and Chemicals, Brookhaven National Laboratory, December 1980), the initial planning for this conference envisioned the juxtaposition of molecular genetic expertise and microbial biochemical expertise. The resultant interaction should encourage new and extended ideas for the improve­ ment of strains and for the generation of new regulatory combina­ tions to enhance microbial chemical production from cheap and abundant (including waste) substrates. The interaction should also demonstrate that new discoveries at the basic level remain essential to progress in genetic engineering. New genetic regulatory combina­ tions require new studies of physiology and biochemistry to assure understanding and control of the system. New biochemical reactions necessitate new studies of genetic and regulatory interaction.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Associated Universities, Inc., USA

    Alexander Hollaender

  • Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA

    Ralph D. DeMoss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms for Chemicals

  • Editors: Alexander Hollaender, Ralph D. DeMoss, Samuel Kaplan, Jordan Konisky, Dwayne Savage, Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Series Title: Basic Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4142-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4144-4Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4142-0Published: 09 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 486

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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