Transport of nutrients – uptake of nutrient – passive diffusion – facilitated diffusion – active transport (periplasmic binding protein and ABC transport) simple transport (uniport, symport and antiport) – group translocation and protein export system. Role of osmoregulatory proteins – permiomics.
Text Resources
For a comparison about the different types of protein secretion system click HERE
Books, Online study sources and literature Resources
Staley, J.T., Gonsalus, R.P., Lory S. and Perry J.J. (2007) Microbial Life. 2nd Edn. Sinauer Associates p.813.
Video Links
To know about Active transport by Group translocation click HERE; Mechanism behinds active transport click HERE
For An overall video file about active transport explanation in Tamil, click HERE; For conceptual difference between primary active transport and secondary transport click HERE
To know about ABC transporters click HERE
For an interesting explanation about the secondary active transport click HERE
To know the difference between the simple and facilitated diffusion (through channel & carrier proteins) click HERE; To know about Facilitated diffusion, a method of passive transport click HERE
A simple and facilitated diffusion (modes of passive transport) are shown realistically as functions inside microbial cells, for details click HERE