I Introduction.- 1 General Principles of Bacteria Electrotransformation: Key Steps.- 2 A Critical Introduction to the Technology of Bacterial Electrotransformation.- 3 Electrotransformation of Escherichia coli.- 4 Transformation of Bacillus subtilis PB1424 by Electroporation.- II Biotechnology and Food Technology.- 5 Clostridium in Biotechnology and Food Technology.- 6 Electrotransformation of Lactococcus lactis.- 7 Electrotransformation of Salmonella typhimurium.- 8 Electroporation of bifidobacteria.- 9 Electrotransformation of Listeria species.- 10 Transformation of Methylobacterium extorquens with a Broad-Host-Range Plasmid by Electroporation.- 11 Electrotransformation of Acidophilic, Heterotrophic, Gramnegative Bacteria.- 12 Acetobacter xylinum - Biotechnology and Food Technology.- 13 Electrotransformation of Sphingomonas pancimobilis.- 14 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens - Production Host for Industrial Enzymes.- III Medical and Veterinary Applications.- 15 Electrotransformation of Yersinia ruckeri.- 16 Electrotransformation of Enterococci.- 17 Prevotella bryantii, P. ruminicola and Bacteroides Strains.- 18 Electrotransformation of Bordetella.- 19 Transformation of Campylobacter jejuni.- 20 Slow-Growing Mycobacteria.- 21 Electrotransformation of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida.- 22 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: Electrotransformation of a Periodontopathogen.- 23 Francisella in Medical and Veterinary Applications.- 24 Electroporation of the Anaerobic Rumen Bacteria Ruminococcus albus.- 25 Electroporation of Legionella Species.- 26 Electrotransformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae.- IV Plants.- 27 Clavibacter michiganensis - Transformation of a Phytopathogenic Gram-Positive Bacterium.- 28 Electrotransformation of Agrobacterium turnefaciens and A. rhizogenes.- V Environmental Bacteria.- 29 Transformation of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon.- 30 Electroporation of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus.- 31 Introduction of Plasmids into Azospirillum brasilense by Electroporation.- 32 Cyanobacteria: Electroporation and Electroextraction.- 33 Electrotransformation of Plasmids into Freshwater and Marine Caulobacters.- Appendices.- Appendix A Plasmid Preparation.- Appendix B Suppliers.