Advances in Applied Microbiology

Chapter One. Physiological Role of Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems in Food-Associated Lactic Acid Bacteria
Vicente Monedero, Ainhoa Revilla-Guarinos and Manuel Zúñiga

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Number, Distribution, and Classification of TCSs in Lactobacilli
• 3. Physiological Roles of TCSs in Lactobacilli
• 4. Concluding Remarks
• Supplementary data

Chapter Two. Fungal Biorecovery of Gold From E-waste
Saskia Bindschedler, Trang Bouquet, Daniel Job, Edith Joseph and Pilar Junier

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Current Context of Metal Recycling
• 3. The Problem of Gold
• 4. Conclusion

Chapter Three. Stone-Eating Fungi: Mechanisms in Bioweathering and the Potential Role of Laccases in Black Slate Degradation With the Basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune
Julia Kirtzel, Daniela Siegel, Katrin Krause and Erika Kothe

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Bioweathering
• 3. Ecological Significance of Rock-Inhabiting Fungi
• 4. Genes Involved in Rock Degradation
• 5. Multicopper Oxidases in the Environment
• 6. Laccases in Soil and Interaction With Minerals
• 7. Stress Response in Bioweathering
• 8. Conclusions

Chapter Four. The Arsenic Detoxification System in Corynebacteria: Basis and Application for Bioremediation and Redox Control
Luis M. Mateos, Almudena F. Villadangos, Alfonso G. de la Rubia, Alvaro Mourenza, Laura Marcos-Pascual, Michal Letek, Brandán Pedre, Joris Messens and Jose A. Gil

• 1. General Interest in Corynebacterium glutamicum
• 2. Arsenic and Its Role in Nature
• 3. Molecular Mechanisms of Arsenic Detoxification: ars Operons
• 4. Bioremediation of Arsenic: Corynebacterium glutamicum as an Example
• 5. Alleviation of Oxidative Stress in Corynebacterium glutamicum by the Redox System MSH/Mrx
• 6. Future Perspectives