Advances in MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY II It is our sad duty to announce the death of the Editor of Advances in Microbial Physiology, Professor Anthony H . Rose, shortly before the publication of this volume. He will be widely missed by his friends, and scientific and publishing associates. Advances in MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY Edited by A. H. ROSE School of Biological Sciences Bath University, UK Volume 35 ACADEMIC PRESS Harcourt Brace & Company, Publishers London San Diego New York Boston Sydney Tokyo Toronto ACADEMIC PRESS LIMITED 24-28 Oval Road London NWI 7DX US Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC. San Diego CA 92101 Copyright 0 1993 by ACADEMIC PRESS LIMITED This book is printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photostat. microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publishers A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN C12-027735-2 ISSN 0065-291 1 Typeset by J&L composition Ltd, Filey, North Yorkshire Printed in Great Britain by Hartnolls Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall Contributors J. Bailey Genetics Department, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK A. Bock Lehrstuhl fur Mikrobiologie der Universitat Munchen 19, Germany S. Bringer-Meyer Institut fur Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Julich, 5170 Julich, Germany T. G. Burland McArdle Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1400 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA D. B. Cunningham Unite de Genttique Moleculaire Murine, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue de Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France W. F. Dove McArdle Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1400 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA H. Fukuda Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Ikeda 4-22-1, Kumamoto 860, Japan J. Heider Lehrstuhl fur Mikrobiologie der Universitat Munchen 19, Germany J. A. Hoch Division of Cullular Biology, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10666N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, C A 92037, USA T. Ogawa Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Kumamoto Institute of Technology, Ikeda 4-22-1, Kumamoto 860, Japan M. Rohmer Universite de Haute Alsace, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, 68093, Mulhousel, France H. Sahm Institut fur Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Julich, 5170 Julich, Germany L. Solnica-Krezel CVRC, Massachusetts General Hospital-East 4, Harvard Medical School, Thirteenth Street, Bldg 149, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA G . A. Sprenger Institut fur Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Julich, 5170 Julich, Germany S. Tanase Department of Biochemistry, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Honjo 2-2-1, Kumamoto 860, Japan M. A. Valvano Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1 R. Welle Institut fur Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Julich, 5170 Julich, Germany C. Whitfield Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N l G 2W1 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Con t ribu t ors V Patterns of Inheritance, Development and the Mitotic Cycle in the Protist Physarum polycephalum TIMOTHY G . BURLAND, LILIANNA SOLNICA-KREZEL, JULIET BAILEY, DAVID B. CUNNINGHAM and WILLIAM F. DOVE I. Introduction 11. Life cycle 111. Genome organization IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. Cytoskeletal organization The mitotic cycle Expression of introduced molecules Concluding remarks Acknowledgements References 2 4 6 13 39 58 62 62 63 Selenium Metabolism in Micro-organisms JOHANN HEIDER and AUGUST BOCK I. Introduction 11. Selenium-containing enzymes 111. Selenium-containing tRNAs IV. Biosynthesis of selenoproteins and seleno-tRNAs V. VI. VII. VIII. IX.