Microbiology category: 1351 books
New Insights on Antiviral Probiotics
From Research to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book focuses on probiotics with antiviral activities. The "antiviral probiotic" is a new concept in medical sciences. Recently, studies have shown that antiviral probiotics can fight or prevent viral infections in many ways. The immunomodulation of mucosal immunity, production of antiviral...
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and Other Arenaviruses
Symposium held at the Heinrich-Pette-Institut für experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Universität Hamburg, October 16–18, 1972
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Four decades ago, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus was discovered, at about the same time and independently, in 3 different localities in the U.S.A. Armstrong and Lillie encountered the agent in a monkey when they passaged a recent isolate of the St. Louis encephalitis virus; Rivers and Scott isolated...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
The field of microbial endocrinology is expressly devoted to understanding the mechanisms by which the microbiota (bacteria within the microbiome) interact with the host (“us”). This interaction is a two-way street and the driving force that governs these interactions are the neuroendocrine products...
by Alan D.T. Barrett, Lawrence R. Stanberry
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
The last 20 years has seen a rapid increase in infectious diseases, particularly those that are termed "emerging diseases" such as SARS, "neglected diseases" such as malaria and those that are deemed biothreats such as anthrax. It is well-recognized that the most effective modality...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
This book describes antibiotic resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria. It starts with an overview of the erosion of the efficacy of antibiotics by resistance and the decrease in the rate of replacement of redundant compounds. The origins of antibiotic resistance are then described. It is proposed...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The Third International Conference on Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, and Pasteurella (HAP94) was held in July and August at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Previous conferences in 1981, Copenhagen, and 1989, Guelph, had indicated widespread...
Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites and Fungi
Bioterrorism Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
This publication represents the result of the fruitful workshop organised with the aim to attract the attention on the possibility of bio terrorism attack, with the s- port of NATO funds. In the last years the attention was strongly concentrated on the terrorism view similar to “military type attacks:”...
How to Overcome the Antibiotic Crisis
Facts, Challenges, Technologies and Future Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
This volume focuses on antibiotics research, a field of topical significance for human health due to the worrying increase of nosocomial infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria. It covers several basic aspects, such as the evolution of antibiotic resistance and the influence of antibiotics on...
by Harold Brodie
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
The intriguing Bird’s Nest Fungi (Nidulariaceae) of forest, meadow, and garden have been familiar to botanists since 1601, but only relatively recently has the significance of their peculiar form been realized. Dr Brodie traces the long controversy that arose when Bird’s Nest Fungi were first...
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How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
A revealing look at the 300 trillion microorganisms that keep us healthy—and the foods they need to thrive
These days, probiotic yogurt and other "gut-friendly" foods line supermarket shelves. But what's the best way to feed our all-important microbiome—and what is a microbiome, anyway?
In...
Thinking Like a Phage
The Genius of the Viruses That Infect Bacteria and Archaea
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
It isn't easy to be a phage. First, what is a phage? A phage is a virus that infects Bacteria. To succeed, a phage must encounter, recognize, and enter a particular type of bacterial cell, then coerce it to make more phages rather than more cells. Of course, the cell resists this hostile takeover...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
In this book, the latest tools available for functional metagenomics research are described.This research enables scientists to directly access the genomes from diverse microbial genomes at one time and study these “metagenomes”. Using the modern tools of genome sequencing and cloning, researchers...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This book presents comprehensive reviews on the principles, design and applications of nanomaterials in the food and agriculture sectors. This book is the fifth of several volumes on Nanoscience in Food and Agriculture, published in the series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews.
by Rivka Barkai-Golan, Peter A. Follett
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Irradiation for Quality Improvement, Microbial Safety and Phytosanitation of Fresh Produce presents the last six and a half decades of scientific information on the topic. This book emphasizes proven advantages of ionizing irradiation over the commonly used postharvest treatments for improving postharvest...