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    Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui, editors.
    Summary: Corynebacterium glutamicum was discovered in Japan in 1956 as a natural glutamate producer. Its "microbial factory" qualities, such as its physiological plasticity and robust catalytic functionalities, have since facilitated the development of efficient production processes for amino acids, nucleotides and vitamins. This monograph illustrates how the information gleaned from complete genome sequencing allows the rational engineering of the entire cellular metabolism and how systems biology permits the further optimization of C. glutamicum as a biocatalyst. Aspects of gene regulation, metabolic pathways, sugar uptake, protein secretion, cell division and biorefinery applications highlight the enormous biotechnological and biorefinery potential.

    Contents:
    The Biotechnological Potential of Corynebacterium glutamicum, from Umami to Chemurgy / Alain A. Vertès, Masayuki Inui and Hideaki Yukawa
    Promoters and Plasmid Vectors of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Miroslav Pátek and Jan Nešvera
    Genome Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Nobuaki Suzuki and Masayuki Inui
    Amino Acid Production by Corynebacterium glutamicum / Masato Ikeda and Seiki Takeno
    Biorefinery Applications of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Toru Jojima, Masayuki Inui and Hideaki Yukawa
    Transcriptome/Proteome Analysis of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Volker F. Wendisch and Tino Polen
    Pathways at Work: Metabolic Flux Analysis of the Industrial Cell Factory Corynebacterium glutamicum / Judith Becker and Christoph Wittmann
    The Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Jasmin Schröder and Andreas Tauch
    Regulation of Sugar Uptake, Glycolysis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum / Haruhiko Teramoto and Masayuki Inui
    TCA Cycle and Glyoxylate Shunt of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Michael Bott and Bernhard J. Eikmanns
    Respiratory Chain and Energy Metabolism of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Kazunobu Matsushita
    Amino Acid Exporters in Corynebacterium glutamicum / Masaaki Wachi
    Protein Secretion Systems of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Alain A. Vertès
    Cell Division Mechanism of Corynebacterium glutamicum / Michal Letek, María Fiuza, Almudena F. Villadangos, Luís M. Mateos and José A. Gil.
    Digital Access Springer 2013