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In this chapter we look at the ways in which an individual microorganism adapts its biochemical machinery to cope with changes in environmental conditions. Here we are not concerned with the long-term evolutionary changes which microorganisms undergo to produce new strains and species, but with physiological changes by means of which the individual survives when environmental conditions change. The kinds of environmental adaptations we have in mind include temperature, pH, osmotic pressure and nutrition.
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T.A. Brown (1992) Genetics: a Molecular Approach, 2nd Edition. Chapman & Hall, London — a readable, concise treatment.
B. Lewin (1990) Genes IV. Oxford University Press, Oxford — a detailed account including chapters on gene regulation.
F.C. Neidhardt, J.L. Ingraham and M. Schaechter (1990) Physiology of the Bacterial Cell. Sinauer Associates Inc., Sunderland, Mass., USA. — coordination of metabolism in a physiological context.
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C.A. Smith and E.J. Wood (1991) Molecular and Cell Biochemistry: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Chapman & Hall, London — a very well presented, modern description of this important subject. A gentle introduction to the subject.
J.D. Watson, N.H. Hopkins, J.W. Roberts, J.A. Steitz and A.M. Weiner (1987) Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4th Edition. Benjamin-Cummings, Menlo Park, California, USA — a detailed, long treatise by a number of authors including J.D. Watson of Watson and Crick fame.
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Gross, T., Faull, J., Ketteridge, S., Springham, D. (1995). Coordination of metabolism. In: Introductory Microbiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7194-4_6
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