Microbiology category: 1351 books
Microbial Biotechnology
Volume 1. Applications in Agriculture and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
This edited book, is a collection of 20 articles describing the recent advancements in the application of microbial technology for sustainable development of agriculture and environment. This book covers many aspects like agricultural nanotechnology, promising applications of biofuels production by...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes...
by L.I. Vorobjeva
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
In a sense, propionic acid bacteria are domesticated bacteria. They might have been used for cheese making as early as 9000 years Be. In the last 40 years their pmctical uses have expanded to include vitamin B12 and propionic acid production, bread baking, starters for ensilage and some pharmaceutical...
by Kee Peng Ng, Shiang Ling Na, Tuck Soon Soo-Hoo
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Mycotic diseases are gaining importance because of the increase in opportunistic fungal infections in patients whose immune systems are compromised. The identification of fungi isolated from clinical material has posed a variety of problems to many laboratories because of lack of expertise and experience,...
The Invisible Kingdom
From the Tips of Our Fingers to the Tops of Our Trash, Inside the Curious World of Microbes
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
With the wit of Bill Bryson and the spirit of Natalie Angier, Idan Ben- Barak takes us on a fantastic voyage into the infinitesimal world of microbiology. In The Invisible Kingdom, he introduces us to the amazing lives and workings of genes, proteins, bacteria, and viruses, and the ways in which they...
The Essential Book of Fermentation
Great Taste and Good Health with Probiotic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
The country’s leading expert on organic food delivers the ultimate guide to the new culinary health movement—feasting on fermented probiotics, from artisanal cheese to kimchi.
In his extensive career as a bestselling cookbook author and TV garden-show host, Jeff Cox has always been keenly...
Microbia
A Journey into the Unseen World Around You
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
From Eugenia Bone, the critically acclaimed author of Mycophilia, comes an approachable, highly personal look at our complex relationship with the microbial world.
While researching her book about mushrooms, Eugenia Bone became fascinated with microbes—those life forms that are too small...
Fundamentals of Microbiome Science
How Microbes Shape Animal Biology
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
An essential introduction to microbiome science, a new cutting-edge discipline that is transforming the life sciences
This book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the fundamental principles of microbiome science, an exciting and fast-emerging new discipline that is reshaping...
The Microbes Fight Back
Antibiotic Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Antibiotics are familiar drugs to us all, so familiar that we may take them for granted. They allow us to survive life-threatening infections, and allow us to protect the animals we farm for food. Many antibiotics have now become ineffective against common diseases, and there are few alternative treatments...
Microbial Biotechnology
Volume 2. Application in Food and Pharmacology
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
This edited book, is a collection of 25 chapters describing the recent advancements in the application of microbial technology in the food and pharmacology sector. The main focus of this book is application of microbes, food preservation techniques utilizing microbes, probiotics, seaweeds, algae,...
The Flagellar World
Electron Microscopic Images of Bacterial Flagella and Related Surface Structures
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The Flagellar World is a unique publication. The product of years of research and data collection by the author, this book is a pictorial guide to flagella in a variety of organisms. Each EM image is accompanied by a short description of the system in each organism. These never-before-seen pictures...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
This book discusses the use of microorganisms for improving nutrient quality and producing healthier foods. Conventional roles of microbes in food preservation and in producing more readily digestible nutrients via natural fermentation processes are also examined.
Individual chapters explore...
by Sally Fallon Morell, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
Arguing that modern notions of germs, microbiology, vaccination, and disease are doing more harm than good, Sally Fallon Morell advocates eating...
by Colin Harwood, Anil Wipat
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
The 40th volume of Methods in Microbiology focuses on microbial synthetic biology.
Synthetic biology is a rapidly growing discipline that builds on well-established principles of genetic engineering and biotechnology by integrating computational and engineering approaches to the design and...