Microbiology (non-medical)

Since the publication of my previous monograph in 1974, important progress has been made in the broad area of calcium research, partic- ularly as it pertains to secretory phenomena.

The first volume of the nineteen-volume series entitled Comprehensive Virology was published in 1974 and the last is yet to appear.

Although there are a number of excellent current reviews on one or another aspect of cytomegalovirus, the last comprehensive treatment of this subject was that of Krech et al.

When we were first approached by the senior editors of this series to edit a book on interactions between the host and infectious agents, we acceptedthis offer as an exciting challenge.

Given the continuing high level of concern among health professionals and the general public about issues related to AIDS, this volume on testing for AIDS and related viruses is extremely timely.

This book has been written for students who are taking a course in bacterial metabolism.

Parasitic Disease, second edition remains unique in itsemphasis on depictions of complete life cycles and itsskillful knitting of basic and clinical information.

During the latter part of the last century and the early years of this century, the microbiology of beer and the brewing process played a central role in the development of modern microbiology.

Plants and the soil they grow in, are confronted with severe biotic and abiotic stresses viz.

This book describes techniques of microbial genetics and how they may be applied to biotechnology.

DIAGNOSIS OF ONYCHOMYCOSIS AND OTHER NAIL DISORDERS will serve as a diagnostic guide for dermatologists, primary care physicians and residents in terms of identifying both the symptoms of various nail diseases and their etiologies.

William Trager has been an avid student of parasites for over 50 years at the Rockefeller University.

This volume of Advances in Microbial Ecology marks a change in the editor- ship of the series.

Advances in Microbial Ecology was established by the International Commis- sion on Microbial Ecology to provide a vehicle for in-depth, critical, and, it is hoped, provocative reviews on aspects of both applied and basic microbial ecol- ogy.

'You damn sadist/said mr cummings 'you try to make people think.

This fifth edition of Modern Food Microbiology places special emphasis on foodborne microorganisms, as the previous four editions attempted to do.

The field of bacterial genetics has been restricted for many years to Escherichia coli and a few other genera of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacteria such as Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and Salmonella.

Study of the phenomena of bacterial adhesion to surfaces has accelerated considerably over the past 10 to 15 years.

Any branch of biology depends for its progress on the development of new concepts and to a lesser, but sometimes crucial, extent on the elimination of erroneous notions.

This compendium presents some of the major applications of neutron scattering techniques to problems in biology.

Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the environmental, economic, and regulatory implications of advances in marine biotechnology.

Fungi playa major role in the sustainability of the biosphere, and mycorrhizal fungi are essential for the growth of many of our woods and forests.

Biological control offers a promising alternative to chemical control which can have adverse environmental implications.

Scientists and clinicians attending the last "e;New Directions in Antiviral Therapy"e; conference in late 1994 could hardly have predicted the revolution in the management of patients with HIV infection that has occurred since.

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Over the generations the skin has been the site for immunization against smallpox.

The determination of the hazards resulting from the accidental or deli berate contamination of terrestrial and aquatic environments is in most countries still lirnited to the detection and quantification of the suspected pollutants by chemical analyses.

What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses?

During recent years the subject of extreme environments and extremophiles has become a central topic in modern Biology.

There is a marked and most unfortunate dichotomy in the studies of avian eggs and hence in the application of new findings in commerce.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled "e;The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics"e; was held May 10-15, 1992, in the Maison d'H6tes of the Centre d'Etudes Nuc1eaires de Cadarache near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.

A very early step in microbial colonization and pathogenesis is that involving recog- nition of the host by the microbe.

Assembling the latest research by an international group of contributors, this volume covers the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, and control measures of this elusive microorganism.

In this volume, a distinguished international group of contributors present the latest molecular, organismal, and epidemiological research on arenaviruses.

Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans.

Viruses, being obligatory parasites of their host cells, rely on a vast supply of cellular components for their replication, regardless of whether infection leads to cell death or to the state of persistence.

THE ERA OF ANTIVIRALS Introduction Although there are more than one hundred medically useful antibiotics and fungicides, there are only seven compounds licensed for use as antiviral agents, in the USA.

Providing both historical background and recent advances, this series reviews in-depth the biologic, molecular, immunologic, and patholic features of this facinating virus family.

The first edition of this book was very well received by the various groups (lecturers, students, researchers and industrialists) interested in the scientific and techno- logical aspects of cheese.

Fungal dimorphism is a topic that sounds inherently too rarified to attract more than a specialist audience.

Kevin Marshall is a hard act to follow.

The first edition of this book was very well received by the various groups (lecturers, students, researchers and industrialists) interested in the scientific and techno- logical aspects of cheese.

The first edition of this book was very well received by the various groups (lecturers, students, researchers and industrialists) interested in the scientific and techno- logical aspects of cheese.

Beverages provides thorough and integrated coverage in a user-friendly way, and is the second of an important series dealing with major food product groups.

Lyme Borreliosis is a worldwide infectious disease causing a multisystem illness with considerable morbidity, particularly in North America and Europe.

Corona- and related viruses are important human and animal pathogens that also serve as models for other viral-mediated diseases.

Forty years after the discovery of the helix nature of DNA and more than twenty after the first applications of recombinant DNA technology to the pharmaceutical industry, the Pandora's vase of biotechnology seems far from being empty.