Reprint

Genomics of Bacterial Metal Resistance

Edited by
March 2021
238 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-0390-5 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-0391-2 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Genomics of Bacterial Metal Resistance that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Summary
The importance of understanding metal–microbe interactions underlies a number of social–economic issues in the world. The antimicrobial resistance era has created a need for novel antimicrobials and within this fieldm metal and metalloid ions are promising solutions. Pollution sites, either co-contaminated with metals or with metals as the sole pollutant, contain microbes that are present as key participants, with both of these issues habing links to agriculture.  Microbes also play key roles in the global geochemical cycle of many elements. Such statements solidify the need to understand metal–microbe interactions. Given that genomics has arguably become the most useful tool in biology, the application of this technology within the field of understanding metal resistance comes as no surprise. Whilst by no means comprehensive, this book provides examples of the applications of genomic approaches in the study of metal–microbe interactions. Here, we present a collection of manuscripts that highlights some present directions in the field. The book starts with a collection of three papers evaluating aspects of the genomics of the archetype metal resistant bacteria, Cuprividus metallidurans. This is followed by four studies that evaluate the mechanisms of metal resistance. The next two papers assess metal resistance in agricultural related situations, including a review on metal resistance in Listeria. The book concludes with a review on metal phytoremediation via Rhizobia and two subsequent studies of metal biotechnology relevance.
Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
silver; silver toxicity; silver resistance; Keio collection; Escherichia coli; antimicrobials; Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; copper resistance; biomining; envelope components; proteomics; lipopolysaccharide; copper resistance; genomic island; integrase; Acinetobacter baumannii; mobile genetic element; Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) sp. M14; arsenic-oxidizing bacteria; heavy metal resistance; draft genome sequence; comparative genomic analysis; biosafety; biotechnology for arsenic removal; adsorption; water treatment; in situ (bio)remediation; copper; resistance; swine; Escherichia coli; phenotype microarray; mobile genetic elements; Cupriavidus; metal; resistance; soil bioremediation; heavy-metals; serpentine soils; serpentine vegetation; genome manipulation; cis-hybrid strains; Cupriavidus; heavy metals; genomic islands; genomic rearrangements; metal resistance genes; Mucilaginibacer rubeus; Mucilaginibacter kameinonensis; genomic island; evolution; heavy metal resistance; draft genome sequence; CTnDOT; Listeria monocytogenes; heavy metal resistance; mobile genetic element; cadmium; arsenic; Escherichia coli; gallium; antimicrobial agents; metal toxicity; metal resistance; metal-based antimicrobials; platinum resistance; RNA-Seq; multireplicon; Nanopore; adaptive laboratory evolution; n/a