Microbial Transport Systems
Author: Günther Winkelmann
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9783527303045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransport of molecules across the cell membrane is a fundamental process of all living organisms. It is essential for understanding growth, development, nutrition as well as uptake and excretion of exogenous or synthesized molecules. Microbes respresent general and basic functional systems where many transport processes have been studied on a molecular basis. Knowledge of the microbial transport processes will provide new perspectives to treatments by inhibitors, drugs, antibiotics, vitamins, growth promotion compounds, activators and toxic compunds of various kinds.