PROTEOBACTERIA: PHYLOGENY, METABOLIC DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS -- PROTEOBACTERIA: PHYLOGENY, METABOLIC DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PHYLOGENY AND ACTIVITY OF PROTEOBACTERIA IN SEDIMENTS FROM LAKE FURNAS -- ABSTRACT -- NOMENCLATURE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Biogeochemical Profiles in Sediments -- 1.2. Biogeochemical Processes Driven by Proteobacteria in Sediments -- 2. CASE STUDY -LAKE FURNAS -- 2.1. Organic Matter, Nutrients, Iron, pH and Oxygen Profiles in Sediments -- 2.2. Phylogeny of Proteobacteria in Sediments -- 2.3. Quantification of Proteobacteria Involved in the N cycle, Fe Reduction and P Accumulation in Sediments -- 2.4. Bacterial Activity in Sediments Related to the N cycle, Fe Reduction and P Accumulation -- 3. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PROTEOBACTERIA FORMING NITROGEN-FIXING SYMBIOSIS WITH HIGHER PLANTS -- SUMMARY -- 1. THE ALPHA-PROTEOBACTERIA NODULATING LEGUMES AND PARASPONIA -- 2. THE NEW ALPHA-PROTEOBACTERIA NODULATING LEGUMES AND PARASPONIA -- 3. THE BETA-PROTEOBACTERIA NODULATING LEGUMES -- 4. THE NITROGEN-FIXING GAMMA-PROTEOBACTERIA ENDOPHYTIC OF LEGUME NODULES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PROTEOBACTERIA AND THE ENDOSYMBIOTIC ORIGIN OF MITOCHONDRION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE ENDOSYMBIOTIC HYPOTHESIS ABOUT MITOCHONDRION ORIGIN -- 3. PROTEOBACTERIA AS THE ENDOSYMBIOTICANCESTOR OF MITOCHONDRIA -- 3.1 Evidence from Morphology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Studies -- 3.2 Evidence from Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis -- 3.3 Evidence from Genomics Studies -- 4. FROM ENDOSYMBIONT TO MITOCHONDRION -- 4.1 Genome Reduction -- 4.2 Proteome Reduction and Expansion -- 4.3 Protein Relocation -- 4.4 A Crucial Step: The Origin of the Mitochondrial Import Machinery -- 4.5 Hydrogenosomes and Mitosome - Atypical Mitochondria? -- REFERENCES.

INTERPRETING DIVERSITY OF PROTEOBACTERIA BASED ON 16S RRNA GENE COPY NUMBER -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- A HARSH LIFE TO INDIGENOUS PROTEOBACTERIA AT THE ANDEANMOUNTAINS: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND RESISTANCE MECHANISMS TOWARDS EXTREME CONDITIONS -- SUMMARY -- PUNE-ANDINE HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKES: A DIVERSE SOURCE OF POLI-EXTREMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS -- ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AT THE HAAL -- PROTEOBACTERIA: WORLDWIDE DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS -- PROTEOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY AT THE PUNE-ANDINE HIGH-ALTITUDE LAKES -- RESISTANCE PROFILES OF PROTEOBACTERIA FROM HAAL EXTREMOPHILIC BACTERIA COLLECTION -- Ultraviolet Radiation Resistance as the Rule for HAALś Proteobacteria -- Arsenic Resistance as a Natural Phenomenon at the HAAL -- Halophilic Proteobacteria from the HAAL -- An Unexpected Outcome: Widespread Antibiotic Resistance in the HAALŚ Proteobacteria -- ACINETOBACTER: A GENUS WELL REPRESENTED AT THE HAAL BY POLYEXTREMOPHILIC MICROBES -- A BREAK-THROUGH: PROTEOBACTERIA FROM STROMATOLITES OVER 4,000 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. -- CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PROSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF A CHROMATE RESISTANCE DETERMINANT OF PSEUDOMONAS SP. TIK3 AND ITS EXPRESSION IN DIFFERENT PROTEOBACTERIA STRAINS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESULTS -- Chromate resistance transposon of Pseudomonas sp. Tik3 -- The Expression of Tik3 Chromate-resistanceTransposon in Different Proteobacteria -- Nucleotide Sequence Accession Number. -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SULFHYDRYL GLYCOCONJUGATES PRODUCED BY FILAMENTOUS SHEATH-FORMING MEMBERS OF -PROTEOBACTERIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CULTIVATION OF SHEATH-FORMING BACTERIA AND PREPARATION OF SHEATHS -- 3. MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION OF SHEATHS -- 4. COMPOSITION OF SHEATHS -- 4.1. Amino Acid Composition of Sheaths -- 4.2. Sugar Composition of Sheaths.

5. ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF SHEATHS -- 6. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF SULFHYDRYL GLYCOCONJUGATES -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.