Recent Advances in Microbiology

✍ Scribed by Dana M Santos

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (or microbes), which include bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and even prions. In short, microbiology refers to the study of life and organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microorganisms are found in almost every habitat present in nature and are vital to humans and the environment. While some microbes are harmful, causing diseases that harm and kill people, animals, and plants, they are exploited by researchers. They have uses in food, water treatment, science and medicine, energy, warfare, and much more. This new book pres. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover; Preface; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Contents; 1. Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays; 2. Quorum Sensing Drives the Evolution of Cooperation in Bacteria; 3. Resveratrol as an Antiviral Against Polyomavirus; 4. Novel Anti-viral Peptide Against Avian Infl uenza Virus H9N2; 5. Prion Disease Pathogenesis; 6. Activity and Interactions of Liposomal Antibiotics in Presence of Polyanions and Sputum of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis; 7. Discovery of Novel Inhibitors of Streptococcus pneumoniae; 8. Archaeosomes Made of Halorubrum tebenquichense Total Polar Lipids 9. Soil Microbe Dechloromonas aromatica Str. RCB Metabolic Analysis10. Genome-scale Reconstruction of the Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Metabolic Network; 11. A New Cold-adapted β-D-galactosidase from the Antarctic Arthrobacter Sp. 32c; 12. Global Transcriptional Response to Natural Infection by Pseudorabies Virus; 13. Proteomics of Porphyromonas gingivalis; Permissions; References;
Abstract: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (or microbes), which include bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and even prions. In short, microbiology refers to the study of life and organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. Microorganisms are found in almost every habitat present in nature and are vital to humans and the environment. While some microbes are harmful, causing diseases that harm and kill people, animals, and plants, they are exploited by researchers. They have uses in food, water treatment, science and medicine, energy, warfare, and much more. This new book pres