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How do microorganisms function? Microbial physiology studies the cell functions of microorganisms, especially at the biochemical level. By studying the physiology and the genetics of microorganisms, scientists can learn how such organisms reproduce, metabolize nutrients, and are affected by aspects of their environments. This knowledge leads to a greater depth of understanding of our world and works with other disciplines to create new technologies and medicines. Selected Contents: Identification of a Bacterial-Like Hslvu Protease in the Mitochondria of Trypanosoma Brucei and Its Role in Mitochondrial DNA Replication; A Functional Genomic Yeast Screen to Identify Pathogenic Bacterial Proteins; Structural Studies of the Enterococcus faecalis SufU [Fe-S] Cluster Protein; Campylobacter jejuni Survives Within Epithelial Cells by Avoiding Delivery to Lysosomes; The Evolutionary Genetics and Emergence of Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds; Encapsulated in Silica: Genome, Proteome and Physiology of the Thermophilic Bacterium Anoxybacillus flavithermus WK1; Complete Genome of Phenylobacterium ZucineumA Novel Facultative Intracellular Bacterium Isolated From Human Erythroleukemia Cell Line K562; Temperature, Viral Genetics, and the Transmission of West Nile Virus by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes; Impact of Bacterial Genetics on the Transmission of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Altered Patterns of Gene Duplication and Differential Gene Gain and Loss in Fungal Pathogens; Coronavirus Non-Structural Protein 1 Is a Major Pathogenicity Factor: Implications for the Rational Design of Coronavirus Vaccines; A Systematic Map of Genetic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum; Index