Includes bibliographical references and index.

Structure and function -- Growth and cell division -- Chromosome replication and partitioning of chromosomes -- Membrane bioenergetics : the proton potential -- Electron transport -- Photosynthesis -- The regulation of metabolic pathways -- Bioenergetics in the cytosol -- Central metabolic pathways -- Metabolism of lipids, nucleotides, amino acids, and hydrocarbons -- RNA and protein synthesis -- Cell wall and capsule biosynthesis -- Inorganic metabolism -- C1 metabolism -- Fermentations -- Responses to environmental stress -- Solute transport -- Protein transport and secretion -- Responses to environmental cues -- Chemotaxis, photoresponses, aerotaxis -- Microbial biofilms -- Cell-cell communication mechanisms -- Bacterial development.