@article{695886,
      recid = {695886},
      author = {Nojiri, Hideaki,},
      title = {Biodegradative bacteria how bacteria degrade, survive,  adapt, and evolve / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 358 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {Biodegradative Bacteria highlights the novel nature of  bacterial cell functions in the field of biodegradation by  putting them into three parts: (1) Genetic and genomic  systems, (2) Degradative enzyme systems, and (3) Bacterial  behavior in natural environmental systems. The first part  of the book includes cell functions as degradative  machinery, genome systems for effective degradation, and  the evolution of degradative systems by mobile genetic  elements. The second part deals with the structure,  function, evolution, diversity, and application of  degradative and related enzymes. The third part presents  cell or genomic behaviors of biodegradative bacteria in  natural ecosystems. Bacterial metabolic capacity, which  plays an important role in the global material cycle,  contributes significantly to the buffering capacity for the  huge and unintended release of various chemicals. Recently,  however, the prosperity and globalization of material  civilization has led not only to severe local contamination  by hazardous chemicals, but also to continuous increment of  contaminant concentrations worldwide. To solve such urgent  global issues, bacterial functions that are involved in  biodegradation of hazardous chemicals have been analyzed.  The term biodegradative bacteria refers to those bacteria  that have the ability to degrade such xenobiotic (man-made)  and/or hazardous chemicals. Analyses of biodegradative  bacteria include diverse areas of study, such as genetics,  enzymology, genomics, cell physiology, ecology, and  evolutionary biology. In other words, the targets  investigated in research on biodegradative bacteria include  single molecules, single cell systems, bacterial consortia  (interaction with surrounding microorganisms), and  interaction with surrounding biotic and abiotic materials.  Such complexity makes the research on biodegradative  bacteria difficult but quite interesting.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/695886},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54520-0},
}