Inclusions in Prokaryotes -- Prokaryote Inclusions: Descriptions and Discoveries -- Bacterial Sulfur Globules: Occurrence, Structure and Metabolism -- Acidocalcisomes and Polyphosphate Granules -- Bacterial Glycogen Inclusions: Enzymology and Regulation of Synthesis -- Biogenesis and Structure of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Granules -- Wax Ester and Triacylglycerol Inclusions -- Cyanophycin--an Ideal Bacterial Nitrogen Storage Material with Unique Chemical Properties -- Insecticidal Protein Crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis -- Protein Inclusion Bodies in Recombinant Bacteria -- Cameos of Selected Additional Inclusions -- Vacuoles -- The Unique Role of Intracellular Calcification in the Genus Achromatium -- Metal Inclusions in Bacteria -- Inclusion Proteins fromother Insecticidal Bacteria -- R-bodies
Summary
Focusing on intracellular components in prokaryotes, this volume defines the components and labelled inclusions as discrete bodies resulting from synthesis of a metabolic product. It provides historical background and comprehensive reviews of eight well-known prokaryotic inclusions
