Prokaryotic Metabolism and Physiology

Byung Hong Kim is Emeritus Research Scientist at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, and Professor at the Fuel Cell Institute, National University of Malaysia. His research group was designated by the Korean Government as a National Research Laboratory, the Bioelectricity Laboratory, and he has served as President of the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology. He holds over twenty patents relating to applications of his research in environmental biotechnology. Geoffrey Michael Gadd is Professor in the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee. He holds the Boyd Baxter Chair of Biology, leads the Geomicrobiology Group and was founding Head of the Division of Molecular Microbiology at the University of Dundee. He has served as President of the British Mycological Society and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the American Academy of Microbiology, the Linnean Society, the Learned Society of Wales, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and elected Member of the European Academy of Microbiology.

1. Introduction to bacterial physiology and metabolism; 2. Composition and structure of prokaryotic cells; 3. Membrane transport – nutrient uptake and protein excretion; 4. Glycolysis; 5. Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation; 6. Biosynthesis and growth; 7. Heterotrophic metabolism on substrates other than glucose; 8. Anaerobic fermentation; 9. Anaerobic respiration; 10. Chemolithotrophy; 11. Photosynthesis; 12. Metabolic regulation; 13. Energy, environment and microbial survival.