The first section explores general regulatory principles, including the latest findings from genomics studies. In the second and third sections readers will learn how much more researchers have discovered about both specific and general stress responses. Next, the fourth section reviews how stress responses affect the interactions between bacteria and host cells. The fifth section describes bacterial stress responses in different niches and communities, with an emphasis on extreme environments. The final section examines how our growing understanding of bacterial stress responses can be used to better combat bacterial infection with antibiotics and improve biofuel production and bioremediation. 
 

New in the Second Edition

• Incorporates new fields such as network analysis, metagenomics, and regulatory RNAs
• Examines new findings from genomics studies that have changed our understanding of regulation
• Explains how new findings from bacterial stress response studies facilitate the development of antibiotics
• Discusses the latest efforts to exploit bacterial stress responses for biofuel production and bioremediation
• Presents significant insights into how bacteria survive stress conditions by undergoing changes of state, morphology, or cell surface

More Key Features

• Features contributors who are leaders in the investigation of bacterial stress responses and the development of new applications based on new findings
• Serves as a gateway to the literature in the field
• Highlights important directions for future research