β Scribed by Rustam I. Aminov, Joanne C. Chee-Sanford, Natalie Garrigues, Asma Mehboob (auth.), John F. T. Spencer, Alicia L. Ragout de Spencer (eds.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The world abounds with microorganisms that are hazardous to human health in the normal course of life. In Public Health Microbiology: Methods and Protocols, expert investigators describe in step-by-step detail the laboratory techniques they have perfected for determining the nature and character of a diverse group of hazardous bacteria, viruses, and fungi. For bacterial and viral pathogens, the authors give special attention to PCR methods for detecting genes resistant to tetracycline, for resistance in Salmonella enterica, for identifying and typing Campylobacter coli, and for detecting the abundance of enteric, hepatitis A, and rotaviruses in sewage, as well as bacteriophages infecting the O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli. For fungi the authors offer methods for computerized analysis and typing of fungal isolates, for the isolation and enumeration of fungi in foods, and for the determination of aflatoxin and zearalenone. Other methods deal with hazard analysis, the use of disinfectants, microbiological analysis of cosmetics, microbiological tests for sanitation equipment in factories, and the uses of animals in studies of various characteristics of lactobacilli. Review articles address the spread of pathogens from livestock and poultry production, including the threat of prion-based diseases. All protocols presented follow the successful Methods in Molecular Biologyβ’ series format, each one offering step-by-step laboratory instructions, an introduction outlining the principle behind the technique, lists of equipment and reagents, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Timely and highly practical, Public Health Microbiology: Methods and Protocols offers researchers and public health specialists alike a wide-ranging collection of methods for the determination of many important pathogenic microorganisms, their effects on health, and possible measures that can be taken to counter these effects.
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-78
Back Matter....Pages 79-88
....Pages 89-102
Infectious Diseases
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
<span>Public Health Microbiology: Methods and Protocols is focused on microorganisms that can present a hazard to human health in the course of everyday life. There are chapters dealing with organisms that are directly pathogenic to humans, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi; on organisms that p
<p>Understanding the relationship between a microorganism and its environment is essential to the successful manipulation of industrial, biochemical, and medical processes. In Environmental Microbiology: Methods and Protocols, highly practiced experimentalists who often have perfected the methods th
<p><p>An up-to-date view of molecular mechanisms for investigating microbial communities and their biological activities, this new volume of <i>Environmental Microbiology: Methods and Protocols</i> looks at recent advances that are having a big impact on the field such as metagenomics and other βomi
The editors (of the Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina) present 38 contributions describing step-by-step protocols for investigating the interactions of microorganisms with their environment. The protocols foll
A collection of readily reproducible techniques for determining most of the important factors governing microorganisms and their habitats. Presented in step-by-step detail, these cutting-edge methods range from those for the study of marine organisms, to those for investigating microorganisms occurr