Includes bibliographical references and index.

The bacterial chromosome : DNA structure, replication, and segregati on -- Bacterial gene expression : transcription, translation, and prote in folding -- Bacterial genetic analysis : forward and reverse -- Plasm ids -- Conjugation -- Transformation -- Lytic bacteriophages : developm ent, genetics, and generalized transduction -- Lysogeny : the l paradig m and the role of lysogenic conversion in bacterial pathogenesis -- Tra nsposition, site-specific recombination, and families of recombinases - - Molecular mechanisms of homologous recombination -- DNA repair and mu tagenesis -- Regulation of gene expression : operons -- Global regulati on : regulons and stimulons -- Bacterial cell compartmentalization and sporulation.