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This book is the third volume on Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture, published in the Sustainable Agriculture Reviews series. In this book we present ten chapters describing the synthesis and application of nanomaterials for health, food, agriculture and bioremediation. Nanomaterials with...

Nanomaterials for Wastewater Remediation introduces techniques for nanoparticle formation and their benefits in environmental cleanup, as well as their recent advances and applications in wastewater treatment. The book follows a sequential approach for the treatment of wastewater, presenting state-of-the-art...

Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment presents contributions from the 16th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 16) held in Hangzhou, China on September 9-14, 2012. It provides a comprehensive and updated research advance in the field of characterization,...

This monograph provides an overview of beneficial plant-bacterial interactions in a straightforward and easy-to-understand format, and includes a wealth of unique illustrations elaborating every major point. Study questions that emphasize the key points are provided at the end of each chapter. One...

微生物全面包圍你身體內外的每一個層面 保持好情緒，健康不生病，從認識微生物開始 **　　§《金融時報》、Examiner.com 、Brain Pickings報導 　　§ 超人氣TED演講影片點閱破百萬次** 　　你知道嗎？人有十兆個細胞，但全身內外更充滿高達百兆的微生物細胞，在這世界上，成為你不可或缺的夥伴。懂得與微生物相處，就能擁有健康自在的人生 　　微小到肉眼不可見的微生物，其實對我們有巨大的影響，從或胖或瘦、睡眠模式、憂鬱症、關節炎，甚至成為蚊子叮咬的目標，都與體內的微生物關聯密切。要讓自己更健康、更愉快，就不能不了解微生物！ 　　本書作者奈特和波瑞爾，透過幽默且易懂的例子，為我們導覽前所未見的身體之旅，分析微生物新發現對每個人的重要性，並指出最可能被微生物影響的疾病和情況。透過實證研究，作者不僅提出了抗生素、益生菌、飲食選擇以及不同出生方式對孩子一生健康的影響，也顛覆了過去人們的既定印象，包括：貓狗容易讓孩子過敏？其實在懷孕期間到孩子五歲之前，養寵物能夠降低過敏的風險。玩泥巴容易細菌感染？事實上，居住在農場或是靠近農場，孩童鼻子中微生物多樣性較高，將來出現氣喘和過敏的機會較低。也就是說玩泥巴有益健康！ 　　這不是一本高深、難懂的微生物學，而是運用最新研究作為指南，讓我們了解自己體內的環境，讓自己更健康。 TED...

Among the goals of environmentally sound waste treatment is the recycling of organic wastes. The most practiced options are composting and anaerobic digestion, both processes being carried out by microorganisms. This book provides an overview of the various ways microbes are doing their job and gives...

For more than 3000 years, hundreds of millions of people have died or been left permanently scarred or blind by the relentless, incurable disease called smallpox. In 1967, Dr. D.A. Henderson became director of a worldwide campaign to eliminate this disease from the face of the earth. This spellbinding...

All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and evolution of their hosts. This book brings together a group of diverse biologists to discuss microbial...

New viral diseases are emerging continuously. Viruses adapt to new environments at astounding rates. Genetic variability of viruses jeopardizes vaccine efficacy. For many viruses mutants resistant to antiviral agents or host immune responses arise readily, for example, with HIV and influenza. These...

Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing explains in technical terms the science and technology of producing whisky, combined with information from industry experts on successfully marketing the product. World experts in Scotch whisky provide detailed insight into whisky production, from the processing...

This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes: ·       Self/Nonself Evolution ·       Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex...

This two-volume work covers the molecular and cell biology, genetics and evolution of influenza viruses, the pathogenesis of infection, resultant host innate and adaptive immune response, prevention of infection through vaccination and approaches to the therapeutic control of infection.. Experts at...

The 2e of Escherichia coli is a unique, comprehensive analysis of the biology and molecular mechanisms that enable this ubiquitous organism to thrive. Leading investigators in the field discuss the molecular basis of E. coli pathogenesis followed by chapters on genomics and evolution. Detailed descriptions...

This completely updated fifth edition of Bacterial Fish Pathogens is a comprehensive discussion of the biological aspects of the bacteria which cause disease in farmed and wild fish. Since the 4th edition was published in 2007, there has been an upturn in the application of molecular approaches to...