Includes bibliographical references and index.

The bacterial chromosome : DNA structure, replication, and segregation -- Bacterial gene expression : transcription, translation, and protein folding -- Bacterial genetic analysis : forward and reverse -- Plasmids -- Conjugation -- Transformation -- Lytic bacteriophages : development, genetics, and generalized transduction -- Lysogeny : the l paradigm and the role of lysogenic conversion in bacterial pathogenesis -- Transposition, site-specific recombination, and families of recombinases -- Molecular mechanisms of homologous recombination -- DNA repair and mutagenesis -- Regulation of gene expression : operons -- Global regulation : regulons and stimulons -- Bacterial cell compartmentalization and sporulation.