The book is a collective work of the largest foreign microbiologists and biochemists, devoted to the most important issues of bacterial metabolism. Each chapter is written by a major specialist in this particular narrow area, due to which the book as a whole is a very valuable summary, giving a fairly complete picture of the current state of research in the biochemistry and physiology of bacteria.

It is intended for a wide range of researchers working in the field of microbiology, biochemistry, physiology, medicine, for those involved in the study of antibiotics, for graduate students and senior students.