Brave Genomes: Microbial Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge

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Silvia Bulgheresi (Associate Professor in Environmental Cell Biology, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria)

Brave Genomes

Microbial Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge

Silvia Bulgheresi (Associate Professor in Environmental Cell Biology, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria)

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Academic Press Inc
20 March 2025

Microbiology (non-medical)

Series: Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology

The role of environmentally triggered genetic and epigenetic changes in microbial adaptation and evolution is still not broadly appreciated. Brave Genomes: Microbial Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge narrates how microorganisms cope with environmental changes including unanticipated ones. Although it does comprise eukaryotes, it focuses on bacteria and – whenever possible – on archaea.

Among the environmentally sensitive sources of genome plasticity, the book treats tandem repeats, mutagenic break repair, transcription-associated mutagenesis and transposable elements. Additionally, it deals with epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation and regulatory RNA-based systems. These not only regulate the activity of mobile DNA, they can also synergize with it. In closing, symbiosis and genetic noise are also discussed as possible sources of phenotypic plasticity.

Brave Genomes emphasizes the role of the environment in generating genotypic and phenotypic diversity. This emerges, in turn, as the most efficient response to challenging conditions.

By: Silvia Bulgheresi (Associate Professor in Environmental Cell Biology Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology University of Vienna Austria)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 670g
ISBN: 9780443187896
ISBN 10: 0443187894
Series: Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. DNA main facts across the three domains of life 2. DNA fun facts: how, when and where it may change a bit 3. Bacterial and archaeal DNA very fun facts: how, when and where it may change a lot 4. On top of the DNA and beyond 5. Biophyisical sources of phenotypic heterogeneity in bacteria 6. The microbes and the host epigenome (and vice versa)

Silvia Bulgheresi is Associate Professor in Environmental Cell Biology and independent researcher at the University of Vienna. Her research on the molecular mechanisms underlying symbiont growth, division and chromosome segregation challenged long-established bacterial cell biology tenets. Since 2008, she has been teaching environmental cell biology, microbial symbioses, as well as microbial genome plasticity to Bachelor, Master ad PhD students. It is in the effort of collecting the notes, thoughts and students’ questions that arose over two decades that this book was born.

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Brave Genomes

Microbial Genome Plasticity in the Face of Environmental Challenge

Silvia Bulgheresi (Associate Professor in Environmental Cell Biology, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria)

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