Goebel Werner, Hacker Jörg, Heesemann Jürgen, Hensel
Michael, and Ron Eliora Z.: Introduction ..................... 7
Keynote Lecture
Neidhardt Frederick C.: Growth Meets Virulence: Confluence
of Two Paths of Microbiology ................................ 11
General Aspects of Bacterial Metabolism
Zhang Zhongge, and Saier Jr. Milton H.: Transposon-mediated
Directed Mutation ........................................... 19
Seidel Gerald, and Hillen Wolfgang: Carbon Catabolite
Regulation in AT-rich Gram-positive Bacteria ................ 25
Rasouly Aviram, Gur Eyal, Katz Chen, Shenhar Yotam, Biran
Dvora, and Ron Eliora Z.: Temperature-dependent
Proteolysis as a Control Element in Bacterial Metabolism .... 35
RNA Biology in Bacterial Metabolism and Virulence
Vogel Jörg: A Small RNA Cascade Regulates Aminosugar
Synthesis ................................................... 41
Henkin Tina M.: Riboswitch RNAs: Sensing Metabolic Signals
with RNA Transcripts ........................................ 51
Global Regulation of Bacterial Metabolism
Hengge Regine: Role of the Second Messenger Cyclic-di-GMP
in the Coordination of Growth Phases, the General Stress
Response and Biofilm Formation of Escherichia coli .......... 59
Stülke Jörg, and Commichau Fabian M.: Coordination of
Metabolism and Gene Regulation by Trigger Enzymes ........... 65
Breitling Rainer, Scheltema Richard A., and Barrett
Michael R.: Metabolomics Systems Biology - a New Tool for
Virulence Research .......................................... 73
Metabolic Adaptations of Pathogens with Extracellular or
Intracellular Life Style
Somerville Greg A., and Proctor Richard A.: Metabolic State:
The Key Regulator of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus ..... 85
Lory Stephen, Brencic Anja, and Merighi Massimo: Sensing
the World - How Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria Assimilate
and Process Environmental Signals ........................... 95
Cohen Paul S., and Conway Tyrrell: Escherichia coli
Metabolism in the Intestine ................................ 103
Goebel Werner, Götz Andreas, Stoll Regina, Eylert Eva,
and Eisenreich Wolfgang: Carbon Metabolism of
Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens within Mammalian Cells ... 111
Biofilms and Bacterial Communication
Reading Nicola C., Hughes David T., Clarke Marcie B., Rasko
David A., and Sperandio Vanessa: Inter-Kingdom Signaling
in Bacterial Pathogenesis .................................. 119
From Parasitic to Endosymbiotic Lifestyles
Hinchliffe Stewart J., and Ffrench-Constant Richard H.: The
Many Faces of Photorhabdus ................................. 127
Stoll Sascha, Feldhaar Heike, and Gross Roy: Functional
Analysis of Blochmannia floridanus, the Primary
Endosymbiont of the Carpenter Ant Camponotus floridanus .... 135
Neef Alexander, Delaye Luis, López-Sánchez María José,
Peretó Juli, Latorre Amparo, and Moya Andrés: Stages
of Metabolic Adaptation of Endosymbiotic Bacteria .......... 141
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