Biodegradative Bacteria

Part I. Genetic and Genomic Systems

1.
Rhodococcus Multiple-Enzyme and Parallel-Degradation System for Aromatic Compounds
Masao Fukuda

2. Appearance and Evolution of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane-Degrading Bacteria
Yuji Nagata, Michiro Tabata, Satoshi Ohhata, Masataka Tsuda

3. Diversity of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D)-Degradative Genes and Degrading Bacteria
Wataru Kitagawa, Yoichi Kamagata

4. Genetic System of Organohalide-Respiring Bacteria
Taiki Futagami, Masatoshi Goto, Kensuke Furukawa

5. Mobile Catabolic Genetic Elements in Pseudomonads
Masataka Tsuda, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Hirokazu Yano

6. Adaptation to Xenobiotics and Toxic Compounds by Cupriavidus and Ralstonia with Special Reference to Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 and Mobile Genetic Elements
Max Mergeay, Rob Houdt

7. Conjugative Elements: Host Chromosome Function Modifiers
Masaki Shintani, Yurika Takahashi, Hideaki Nojiri

Part II. Enzyme Systems

8. Online Monitoring of Biodegradation Processes Using Enzymatic Biosensors
Sarka Bidmanova, Eva Hrdlickova, Tana Koudelakova, Jiri Damborsky, Zbynek Prokop

9. Structure and Function of Aromatic-Ring Hydroxylating Dioxygenase System
Kengo Inoue, Hideaki Nojiri

10. The Protocatechuate 4,5-Cleavage Pathway: Overview and New Findings
Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai

11. Toluene Tolerance Systems in Pseudomonas

Ana Segura, Juan Luis Ramos

12. Diversity and Evolution of Aromatic Degradation Pathway Enzymes in an Activated Sludge
Kentaro Miyazaki

Part III. Bacterial Behavior in Natural Environmental Systems

13. Syntrophic Interactions in Biodegradative Consortia
Kazuya Watanabe, Atsushi Kouzuma

14. Strategies to Reveal Genomic Function in Natural Soil Systems
Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Eri Nishiyama, Yoko Ishibashi, Yuji Nagata, Masataka Tsuda

15. Monitoring Microbial Community Dynamics to Evaluate Bioremediation
Brett R. Baldwin, Dora Ogles, Cindy H. Nakatsu

16. Selective Stimulation of Aromatic Compound Degradation by the Indigenous Marine Bacterium Cycloclasticus for Bioremediation of Oil Spills in the Marine Environment
Noriyuki Iwabuchi

17. Biofilm as a Multicellular Bacterial System
Masanori Toyofuku, Nobuhiko Nomura

Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology, Bacteriology, Microbiology