Preface. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. Contributors. SECTION I: DNA METABOLISM. Prokaryotic DNA Replication (W. Firshein). DNA Repair Mechanisms and Mutagenesis (R. Yasbin). Gene Expression and Its Regulation (J. Helmann). Bacteriophage Genetics (B. Guttan & E. Kutter). Bacteriophage and Its Relatives (R. Hendrix). Single-Stranded DNA Phages (J. LeClerc). Restriction-Modification Systems (R. Blumenthal & X. Cheng). Recombination (S. Levene & K. Huffman). Molecular Applications (T. Geoghegan). SECTION II: GENETIC RESPONSE. Genetics of Quorum Sensing Circuitry in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Control of Pathogenesis, Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic/Biocide Resistance (D. Hassett, et al.). Endospore Formation in Bacillus subtilis: An Example of Cell Differentiation by a Bacterium (C. Moran). Stress Shock (U. Streips). Genetic Tools for Dissecting Motility and Development of Myxococcus xanthus (P. Hartzell). Agrobacterium Genetics (W. Ream). Two-Component Regulation (K. Bayles & D. Fujimoto). Molecular Mechanisms of Quorum Sensing (C. Fuqua & M. Parsek). SECTION III: GENETIC EXCHANGE. Bacterial Transposons--An Increasingly Diverse Group of Elements (G. Whittle & A. Salyers). Transformation (U. Streips). Conjugation (R. Porter). The Subcellular Entities a.k.a. Plasmids (M. Perlin). Transduction in Gram-Negative Bacteria (G. Weinstock). Genetic Approaches in Bacteria with No Natural Genetic Systems (C. Haller & T. DiChristina). Index.