Virulence and Gene Regulation, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004

Pseudomonas comprises three volumes covering the biology of pseudomonads in a wide context, including the niches they inhabit, the taxonomic relations among members of this group, the molecular biology of gene expression in different niches and under different environmental conditions, the analysis of virulence traits in plants, animals and human pathogens as well as the determinants that make some strains useful for biotechnological applications and promotion of plant growth.
There has been growing interest in pseudomonads and a particular urge to understand the biology underlying the complex metabolism of these ubiquitous microbes. These bacteria are capable of colonizing a wide range of niches, including the soil, the plant rhizosphere and phylosphere, and animal tissues; more recently they have attracted attention because of their capacity to form biofilms, a characteristic with potentially important medical and environmental implications.
The three volumes cover the following topics:

- Taxonomy,

- Genomics,

- Life styles,

- Cell Architecture,

- Virulence,

- Regulation,

- Macromolecules,

- Alternative Respiratory Substrates,

- Catabolism and Biotransformations.

Pseudomonas will be of use to all researchers working on these bacteria, particularly those studying microbiology, plant crops, pathogenesis, and chemical engineering. Advanced students in biology, medicine and agronomy will also find these three volumes a valuable reference during their studies.

1. Virulence Factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- 2. ATP-Utilizing Enzymes, Purinergic Receptor Modulation, Cupredoxins and Mammalian Cell Death.- 3. Iron Regulation and Siderophore Signalling in Virulence by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- 4. New Insights into the Biosynthesis, Mode of Action, and Regulation of Syringomycin, Syringopeptin, and Coronatine.- 5. Current Ideas on the Genetics and Regul ation of the Synthesis of Phaseolotoxin in Pseudomonas syringae pv. Phaseolicola.- 6. The Type III Secretion Systems of Plant-Associated Pseudomonads: Genes and Proteins on the Move.- 7. Global Regulation in Pseudomonas syringae.- 8. Post-Transcriptional Regulation in Pseudomonas spp. via the Gac/Rsm Regulatory Network.- 9. Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems: A Key to the Adaptative Potential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- 10. Transcription Mediated by rpoN-Dependent Promoters.- 11. Compiling ?70-Dependent Promoters.- 12. Compiling Extracytoplasmic Function (ECF) Sigma Factors Regulated Promoters in Pseudomonas.- 13. Catabolite Repression and Physiolog ical Control..- 14. Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A Synthesis.- 15. Lessons from the ami Operon.- 16. Transcriptional Regulation and Catabolic Strategies of Phenol Degradative Pathways.- 17. Enzymatic Activation of the cis-trans Isomerase and Transcriptional Regulation of Efflux Pumps in Solvent Tolerance in Pseudomonas putida.- Transcriptional Regulation of the Toluene Catabolic Pathways.