"Providing a comprehensive insight into cellular signaling processes in bacteria, this is the first book to cover intercellular, transmembrane, as well as intracellular signaling and its relevance for biofilm formation, differentiation, host pathogen interactions, symbiotic relationships, chemotaxis and various stress responses. In addition, it deals in detail with principal bacterial signaling mechanisms - making this a valuable resource for all advanced students in microbiology."--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cell-cell communication and biofilm formation in gram-positive bacteria / Christine Heilmann and Friedrich Götz -- Cell-cell communication in biofilms of gram-negative bacteria / Claudio Aguilar ... [et al.] -- Cell interactions guide the swarming and fruiting body development of myxobacteria / Dale Kaiser -- Communication between rhizobia and plants / Michael Göttfert -- Communication between pathogens and eukaryotic cells / Jürgen Hessemann -- Identification of bacterial autoinducers-methods chapter / Agnes Fekete ... [et al.] -- Outer membrane signaling in gram-negative bacteria / Volkmar Braun -- Stimulus perception and signaling in histidine kinases / Ralf Heermann and Kirsten Jung -- Chemotaxis and receptor localization / Victor Sourjik -- Photoreception and signal transduction / Sonja Brandt and Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel -- Transmembrane signaling / Melinda D. Baker and Matthew B. Neiditch -- Sensory transport proteins / Reinhard Krämer -- Regulated intramembrane proteolysis in bacterial transmembrane signaling / Thomas Wiegert -- Protein chemical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic approaches to monitor membrane protein structure and dynamics - methods chapter / Daniel Hilger and Heinrich Jung -- Protein domains involved in intracellular signal transduction / Michael Y. Galperin -- Sensing of oxygen by bacteria / Gottfried Unden, Martin Müllner, and Florian Reinhart -- Microbial sensor systems for dihydrogen, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide / Rainer Cramm and Bärbel Friedrich -- Signal transduction by trigger enzymes: bifunctional enzymes and transporters controlling gene expression / Fabian M. Commichau and Jörg Stülke -- Regulation of carbohydrate utilization by phosphotransferase system-mediated protein phosphorylation / Boris Görke and Birte Reichenbach -- cAMP signaling in prokaryotes / Knut Jahreis -- c-di-GMP signaling / Christina Pesavento and Regine Hengge -- ppGpp signaling / Rolf Wagner -- Sensory RNAs / Franz Narberhaus -- Signal transduction by serine/threonine protein kinases in bacteria / Michael Bott -- Regulatory proteolysis and signal transduction in bacteria / Kürşad Turgay -- Intracellular signaling and gene target analysis - methods chapter / Jörn Kalinowski.