The new series "Microbiology Monographs" begins with two volumes on intracellular components in prokaryotes. In this first volume, "Inclusions in Prokaryotes", the components, labeled inclusions, are defined as discrete bodies resulting from synthesis of a metabolic product. Research on the biosynthesis and reutilization of the accumulated materials is still in progress, and interest in the inclusions is growing. This comprehensive volume provides historical background and comprehensive reviews of eight well-known prokaryotic inclusions.

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Inclusions in Prokaryotes.- Prokaryote Inclusions: Descriptions and Discoveries.- Bacterial Sulfur Globules: Occurrence, Structure and Metabolism.- Acidocalcisomes and Polyphosphate Granules.- Bacterial Glycogen Inclusions: Enzymology and Regulation of Synthesis.- Biogenesis and Structure of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Granules.- Wax Ester and Triacylglycerol Inclusions.- Cyanophycinan Ideal Bacterial Nitrogen Storage Material with Unique Chemical Properties.- Insecticidal Protein Crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis.- Protein Inclusion Bodies in Recombinant Bacteria.- Cameos of Selected Additional Inclusions.- Vacuoles.- The Unique Role of Intracellular Calcification in the Genus Achromatium.- Metal Inclusions in Bacteria.- Inclusion Proteins fromother Insecticidal Bacteria.- R-bodies.