Microbiology (non-medical)

Respiratory infections constitute a major public health concern.

Oncogenic Viruses: Fundamentals of Oncoviruses provides an overview of the history of human oncoviruses, how to discover and define an oncovirus, how viruses cause cancer in general, their oncogenic mechanisms and epidemiology, and the cancer biology of oncoviruses.

This book covers the broader application of environmental biotechnology for protecting the environment through different bioremediation and biodegradation techniques framed toward removing environmental contaminants, including emerging contaminants.

This volume details techniques involved to study aquatic pathogens that cause infections, especially in fish.

A Guide to the World of the Yeasts J.

This enzymology textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students covers the syllabi of most universities where this subject is regularly taught.

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Pneumonia (along with influenza) is the sixth leading cause of death in adults.

Much is known about the biology of Drosophila parasitoids, which is why they are used as a model for studying other parasitoids.

This is the first coherent description of all levels of communication of ciliates.

This volume provides up-to-date and novel techniques for various screening technologies currently used in metagenomics and related areas.

More than 40,000 species of mites have been described, and up to 1 million may exist on earth.

This is the first of two volumes that together provide a comprehensive overview of the current sustainable and low-cost wastewater treatment technologies applied in communities that lack the financial and technical resources needed for an environmental, disease prevention and health nexus.

This book aims to serve as a centralized reference document for students and researchers interested in aspects of marine nitrogen fixation.

Bacterial Pathogens and their Virulence Factors contains a detailed description of 32 major bacterial pathogens that affect human health and their associated virulence determinants.

Physarum polyccphalum is commonly referred to as a true slime mold, or myxomycete.

Microbial communities and their multi-functionalities play a crucial role in the management of soil and plant health, and thus help in managing agro-ecology, the environment and agriculture.

This book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of parasites that cause human disease.

This book discusses the decoding of the lytic mechanism of an a-helical pore-forming toxin, YaxAB, composed of two different subunits.

This book complies latest advancement in the field of environmental biotechnology.

This volume begins with a short history of malaria and follows with a summary of its biology.

This fully updated volume explores different classes of lipid transporters, such as lipid transfer proteins, flippases, and scramblases, and significant advances in solving their biological functions.

New Insights to Neuroimmune Biology investigates the mechanisms that and functions of the Neuroimmune Regulatory Supersystem.

This textbook provides practical guidelines on conducting experiments across the entire spectrum of environmental biotechnology.

This book focuses on multiple plant stresses and the molecular basis of adaptation, addressing the molecular mechanism and adaptation for both abiotic and biotic stresses.

This book outlines the production of chitooligossacharides and their derivatives and discusses their main biological activities, biomedical applications and their role in disease prevention.

This authoritative textbook/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to the field of evolutionary genomics.

For the past decade, it has been apparent to both of us that a reference text covering all aspects of tree defense mechanisms to fungi was missing, needed and long overdue.

Advances in Virus Research

Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Biotechnology: Innovations and Functional Aspects describes the latest advancements in LAB applications in the development of functional foods and fermented foods, biotechnological products using LAB, i.

The molecular age has brought about dramatic changes in medical microbiology, and great leaps in our understanding of the mechanisms of infectious disease.

Leptospira is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes leptospirosis, one of the most important re-emerging zoonotic diseases.

Microbial Symbionts: Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host focuses on microbial symbionts of plants, animals, insects and molecular methods in the identification of microbial symbionts.

This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being "e;oilgae from algae,"e; mainly oils and fuels for engines.

This thesis studies the impact of food processing on the stability and antioxidant capacity of anthocyanins in aqueous and real food systems.

This book compiles the latest research on the multifarious roles of microbial enzymes, and provides an overview of microbial enzymes and biotechnologies.

This book should be of particular interest to all who, through the nature of their research, are required to maintain cultures of micro-organisms and other cells in a healthy and stable state.

Emulsifiers, also known as surfactants, are often added to processed foods to improve stability, texture, or shelf life.

This updated book explores a wide repertoire of tools and approaches that have been created, modified, and applied to the study of L.

Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 78, the latest release in this ongoing series, continues the long tradition of topical, important, cutting-edge reviews in microbiology.

This book provides a detailed overview of the progress and challenges of non-traditional approaches for tackling antimicrobial resistance.

The establishment of clean, safe water is one of the major challenges facing societies around the globe.

This updated second edition covers the molecular biology, genome engineering tools and comprehensive analysis techniques for Corynebacterium glutamicum.

From Fossils to Astrobiology reviews developments in paleontology and geobiology that relate to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the Universe.

Biotechnology for Beginners, Second Edition, presents the latest information and developments from the field of biotechnology-the applied science of using living organisms and their by-products for commercial development-which has grown and evolved to such an extent over the past few years that increasing numbers of professionals work in areas that are directly impacted by the science.

Microalgae have been largely cultured and commercialized as food and feed additives, and their potential as source of high-added value compounds is well known.