PCR Detection of Microbial Pathogens (Methods in Molecular Biology, v. 216)
by Konrad Sachse
Hands-on laboratory experts present a set of "classic" PCR-based methods for the identification and detection of important animal and food microbial pathogens, including several zoonotic agents. These proven techniques can be precisely applied to a wide variety of microbes, among them Campylobacter spp., chlamydiae, toxigenic clostridia, Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes, mycoplasmas, salmonellae, and Yersinia enterocolitica. Additional chapters review the specificity and performan...
On-line Estimation and Adaptive Control of Bioreactors (Process Measurement & Control)
by G. Bastin and D. Dochain
This book deals with monitoring and control of biotechnological processes. Different methods are proposed which are based on the nonlinear structure of the process and do not require any a priori knowledge of the fermentation parameters. The theoretical stability and convergence properties of the proposed algorithms are analysed and their performances are illustrated by simulation results and, in many instances, by real life experiments. The concept of software sensors is introduced; these are a...
Advances in Disease Vector Research 5 (Advances in Disease Vector Research, #5)
This series spans the disciplines of entomology, plant pathology and virology by exploring the mechanisms by which vectors - carriers of disease agents - acquire and transmit pathogens such as viruses to their plant and animal hosts. The series covers the spectrum of vectors from mosquitos and leafhoppers to nematodes, and pathogens from viruses to mycoplasmas to protozoa. Articles deal with the emerging science of vector ecology, and consider both biotic and abiotic environmental influences on...
Microbial Cell Factories
Microbial Cell Factories is a conceptual, reference-based source including chapters covering microbial cell factories for industrial developments, microbial biotechnology, sustainable environmental solutions, agriculture practices, microorganisms in food processing, metabolites as next generation food additives/food processing, and microbial cell factories in alternative energy fuel generation. The book highlights trends and developments in the field of microbial products, written by an internat...
Potato virus Y: biodiversity, pathogenicity, epidemiology and management
Potato virus Y (PVY) infects a wide host range mainly within the Solanaceae and is distributed worldwide. PVY is transmitted by more than 40 aphid species in a non persistent manner. Isolates of the PVY species are highly variable at biological, serological and molecular levels. Epidemiological studies have highlighted the emergence of distinct potato PVY variants able to induce necroses on potato tubers. Due to the lack of efficient resistance to PVY isolates inducing necrotic symptoms in culti...
This book aims to disseminate the most current research in applied microbiology presented at the III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009) held in Lisbon, Portugal, in December 2009.This volume offers an inviting exploration of microbiology from scientific and industrial research to consumer products in a compilation of more than 150 papers written by leading experts in the field, who afford critical insights into several topics, revie...
This thorough revision of Singleton's bestselling second edition covers the essentials of bacteriology, including pure, applied, and practical aspects. Written in an accessible, easy-to-read style, the book features many new topics and over 200 new or revised references from recent literature.
Alcamo's Fundamentals of Microbiology, Eighth Edition provides a firm foundation in microbiology with an emphasis on human disease. It is written for students in nursing and allied health programs and is appropriate for non-majors microbiology courses. The Eighth Edition of this classic text, revised by award winning educator Jeffrey Pommerville, retains the late Ed Alcamo's student friendly style. Microbiology is a rapidly advancing and dynamic discipline. Dr. Pommerville presents new content o...
Written for a college-level course, this text introduces the field of biotechnology with broad brushstrokes. Among the major topics addressed by Barnum (Miami U.) are the principles of recombinant DNA technology and immunology. The chapters are organized according to subfields, with material coverin
The goal of this symposium was to cover the various important aspects of immobilized cells and to bring together scientists from different disciplines. In view of the projected importance of the use of immobilized cells in future biotechnological processes, it is essential that a better insight into the physiology of immobilized cells is obtained. The performance of artificially immobilized cells was compared with the role immobilized cells play in nature, and both physico-chemical and physiolog...
Microbiology + Garland Science Learning System Redemption Code
by Anthony Strelkauskas, Angela Edwards, Beatrix Fahnert, Greg Pryor, and Jennifer Strelkauskas
As with the successful first edition, the new edition of Microbiology: A Clinical Approach is written specifically for pre-nursing and allied health students. It is clinically-relevant throughout and uses the theme of infection as its foundation. Microbiology is student-friendly: its text, figures, and electronic resources have been carefully designed to help students understand difficult concepts and keep them interested in the material. The Second Edition includes a robust instructor ancillary...
When phagocytes are exposed to a number of different stimuli, they undergo dra- matic changes in the way they process oxygen. Oxygen uptake increases markedly, frequently more than 50-fold; the phagocytes begin to produce large quantities of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide; and they immediately begin to metabolize large amounts of glucose by way of the hexose monophosphate shunt. This series of changes has become known as the respiratory burst. It was first believed that the major function of t...
Fermentation Methods (International Handbooks of Population, v. 2687)
"Molecular Genetics of Bacteria" fulfills the need for a comprehensive, primary textbook in bacterial genetics. It is ideally suited as a textbook for advanced undergraduate level courses and as background reading for graduate level courses. It is also recommended reading for scientists in all fields of biology, many of which depend upon the concepts and techniques covered in this book. While the book concentrates on the necessity of the bacterium Escherichia coli, about which most is known, it...
In-vitro Cultivation of Micro-organisms (Biotol S.)
A biological examination of the underlying themes to consider how pure cultures of micro-organisms may be isolated from their primary sources to measure their growth and to examine the perameters which influence their performance in culture.
Biotechnology (Biotechnology: A Multi-Volume Comprehensive Treatise) (Biotechnology S., Vol 5b)
This reference work describes the state of Biotechnology and serves as a guide to the original literature. It spans the entire field from basic concepts to industrial applications and deals with a wide spectrum of applications. These range from the production of enzymes, biomass, and primary and secondary products of microbial metabolism to the production of foods and feeds, sewage disposal, and other microbial degradations. Volumes 1 and 2 explain the basic concepts of microbial science and bio...
Biologically active compounds isolated from microorganisms continue to be vital to the development of new drugs and agricultural chemicals. This book was prepared by current and past members of the laboratory of Dr. Satoshi Omura of the Kitasato Institute in Japan. Dr. Omura and his colleagues have discovered and studied a number of important antibiotics, and in their work they have pioneered new methods for screening microbes for interesting and important compounds. This book presents strategie...
Larone's Medically Important Fungi
by Lars F. Westblade, Eileen M. Burd, Shawn R. Lockhart, and Gary W. Procop
E. Coli in Motion. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering.
by Howard C. Berg