Biological, Biochemical, and Biomedical Aspects of Actinomycetes

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Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages ix-xiv
PREFACE, Page xv
PATHOGENESIS OF ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII INFECTIONS, Pages 1-12, G.H.W. Bowden
EPIDEMIOLOGIC, ETIOLOGIC, DIAGNOSTIC, AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF ENDOGENOUS ACTINOMYCETES INFECTIONS, Pages 13-32, K.P. Schaal, G. Pulverer
ADHERENCE OF ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS TO TEETH AND ITS ROLE IN PATHOGENESIS, Pages 33-46, Dale C. Birdsell, Donald R. Callihan, James T. Powell, Werner Fischlschweiger
LYMPHOCYTE INTERACTIONS IN HOST RESPONSES TO ORAL INFECTIONS CAUSED BY ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS, Pages 47-60, Johann J. Burckhardt
POLYCLONAL B-CELL ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS — ITS NATURE AND GENETICS, Pages 61-71, James A. Clagett, L. David Engel
MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENESIS AND HOST RESISTANCE TO NOCARDIA, Pages 73-87, Blaine L. Beaman
THE CELL WALL AS A DETERMINANT OF PATHOGENICITY IN NOCARDIA: THE ROLE OF L-FORMS IN PATHOGENESIS, Pages 89-105, Blaine L. Beaman
DEFENSE AGAINST NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES IN MAN, Pages 107-118, Gregory A. Filice, Blaine L. Beaman, James A. Krick, Jack S. Remington
HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP IN INFECTIONS DUE TO NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS, Pages 119-133, Librado Ortiz-Ortiz, Emma I. Melendro, Carmen Conde
SEROLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL DISEASE, Pages 135-143, A.C. Pier
THERMOPHILIC ACTINOMYCETES: THEIR ROLE IN HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS, Pages 145-159, Viswanath P. Kurup
MEDICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN HUMAN ACTINOMYCOSES, Pages 161-170, G. Pulverer, K.P. Schaal
BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE STREPTOMYCES SPORE SHEATH, Pages 171-177, Richard A. Smucker
EARLY BIOCHEMICAL EVENTS DURING THE GERMINATION OF STREPTOMYCES SPORES, Pages 179-195, C. Hardisson, J.A. Guijarro, J.E. Suárez, J.A. Salas
MODE OF ACTION OF FACTOR C UPON THE DIFFERENTIATION PROCESS OF STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS, Pages 197-214, G. Szabó, S. Biró, G. Valu, S. Vitális, L. Trón
BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON β-LACTAMASES AND PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS IN STREPTOMYCES, Pages 215-227, Hiroshi Ogawara
POLYMERS OF THE CELL WALLS OF STREPTOMYCES ROSEOFLAVUS VAR. ROSEOFUNGINI 1128 AND ITS UNDIFFERENTIATED VARIANT 1–68, Pages 229-238, J.B. Naumova, N.S. Agre, N.K. Skoblilova, A.S. Shashkov
LIPIDS OF ACTINOMYCETES: THEIR STRUCTURES AND BIOSYNTHESES,, Pages 239-249, Thuioshi Ioneda
QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREHALOSE LIPIDS AND VIRULENCE OF NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES ISOLATES, Pages 251-258, Mark L. Tamplin, Norvel M. McClung
PLASMID INVOLVEMENT IN THE GENETIC DETERMINATION OF ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS IN ACTINOMYCETES, Pages 259-271, Alfredo Aguilar
EXTRACHROMOSOMAL GENETIC ELEMENTS THAT CONTROL SPECIFIC ENZYMES INVOLVED IN ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS: POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF AN INTRACELLULAR PLEIOTROPIC EFFECTOR, Pages 273-288, Juan F. Martín, Maria T. Alegre, Jose M. Castro, Paloma Liras
CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT AND SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION IN STREPTOMYCES, Pages 289-301, Burton M. Pogell
RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS IN ANTIBIOTIC-PRODUCING ORGANISMS, Pages 303-314, Eric Cundliffe, Richard H. Skinner, Jill Thompson
REGULATION AND PROPERTIES OF INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS IN ACTINOMYCETES, Pages 315-323, S.G. Bradley, J.S. Bond, S.M. Sutherland
REGULATION OF TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ACTINOMYCIN D SYNTHESIS, Pages 325-342, Edward Katz, Dale Brown, Michael J.M. Hitchcock, Thomas Troost, John Foster
REGULATION OF ERYTHROMYCIN FORMATION IN STREPTOMYCES ERYTHREUS, Pages 343-355, Sergio Sanchez, Rosa del Carmen Mateos, Laura Escalante, Julieta Rubio, Hector López, Amelia Farres, María Elena Flores
FEEDBACK REGULATORY STEPS INVOLVED IN DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID AND LYSINE BIOSYNTHESIS IN STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS, Pages 357-366, S. Mendelovitz, F.T. Kirnberg, N.M. Magal, Y. Aharonowitz
CONTROL OF AMMONIUM ION LEVEL IN ANTIBIOTIC FERMENTATION, Pages 367-380, Satoshi Omura, Yoshitake Tanaka
REGULATION OF MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE AND PROTEASES IN RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS, Pages 381-394, J.S. Bond, S.M. Sutherland, J.D. Shannon, S.G. Bradley
ACTINOMYCETES AS MODELS OF BACTERIAL MORPHOGENESIS, Pages 395-408, R. Locci
STREPTOMYCES BAMBERGIENSIS SPORE ENVELOPE ULTRASTRUCTURE, Pages 409-421, R.A. Smucker
SPOROGENESIS IN THE PILIMELIA SPECIES, Pages 423-439, Gernot Vobis
THERMOACTINOMYCETES AS TERRESTRIAL INDICATORS FOR ESTUARINE AND MARINE WATERS, Pages 441-452, Richard W. Attwell, Rita R. Colwell
ACTINOMYCETES IN MARINE SEDIMENTS, Pages 453-472, M. Goodfellow, J.A. Haynes
STUDIES OF THE ECOLOGY OF STREPTOMYCETE PHAGE IN SOIL, Pages 473-483, S.T. Williams, S. Lanning
MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF ACTINOMYCETES AND RELATED ORGANISMS, Pages 485-504, Erko Stackebrandt, Karl-Heinz Schleifer
CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT ACTINOMYCETACEAE, Pages 505-520, Klaus P. Schaal, Geraldine M. Schofield
TAXONOMY OF THERMOMONOSPORA AND RELATED OLIGOSPORIC ACTINOMYCETES, Pages 521-536, A.J. McCarthy, T. Cross
NUMERICAL CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOMYCETES, Pages 537-551, S.T. Williams, J.C. Vickers, M. Goodfellow, G. Alderson, E.M.H. Wellington, P.H.A. Sneath, M.J. Sackin, A.M. Mortimer
A TAXONOMIC APPROACH TO SELECTIVE ISOLATION OF STREPTOMYCETES FROM SOIL, Pages 553-561, J.C. Vickers, S.T. Williams, G.W. Ross
FRANKIA: NEW LIGHT ON AN ACTINOMYCETE SYMBIONT, Pages 563-574, Dwight Baker, Ed Seling
TAXONOMY OF FRANKIA, Pages 575-582, Mary P. Lechevalier, Hubert A. Lechevalier
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF NOCARDIA AND RELATED TAXA, Pages 583-596, M. Goodfellow, D.E. Minnikin
NUMERICAL METHODS IN THE TAXONOMY OF SPOROACTINOMYCETES, Pages 597-615, G. Alderson, M. Athalye, R.P. White
PHAGE HOST RANGES IN THE CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF GRAM-POSITIVE BRANCHED AND RELATED BACTERIA, Pages 617-633, H. Prauser
INDEX, Pages 635-643