Microbiology (non-medical)

Biological aging as the time-depending general decline of biological systems associated with a progressively increasing mortality risk is a general phenomenom of great significance.

The aim of this book is to present, in depth, updated information on soil and microbial processes involved in mixed plantations of Eucalyptus and N2-fixing species, especially Acacia mangium, focusing on Forestry, Soils, Biology, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability.

Pet-to-Man Travelling Staphylococci: A World in Progress explores Staphylococci, a dangerous pathogen that affects both humans and animals with a wide range of infection states.

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.

Is the Earth the right model and the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life?

Ist Leben in heißer Säure oder in seifigen Flüssen vorstellbar?

This entirely updated second edition provides an overview on the biology, ecology and biodiversity of extremophiles.

Principles of Virology, the leading virology textbook in use, is an extremely valuable and highly informative presentation of virology at the interface of modern cell biology and immunology.

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.

This text comprehensively covers the rituals, traditions and receipts of ancestral processes of bread making from multiple countries, including the scientific and technological character of the science of bread making and sourdough biotechnology.

The present work aims to cover the perspectives of biosurfactants, which can be of interest in food-related industries and biomedical applications.

The detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming very complex, with new GMOs, approved and unapproved, constantly entering world markets.

Microbiology, the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans, is a key part of medical training curriculum.

In this book, researchers and practitioners working in the field present the major promises of algae biotechnology and they critically discuss the challenges arising from applications.

Current Topics in Vector Research is based on the premise that to un- derstand the whole, one must first understand the component parts and how they interact.

Since the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 and subsequent cases of anthrax in Florida and New York City, attention has been focused on the threat of b- logical warfare and bioterrorism.

Biology of Parasitism is based on the Biology of Parasitism Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

This book will focus on microbial services as an excellent strategy to face the current challenge of global agriculture, collecting the principal studies that used microbial services for improving cereal production, such as rice, beans, maize and wheat.

Natural Organic Matter in Water: Characterization, Treatment Methods, and Climate Change Impact, Second Edition focuses on advanced filtration and treatment options, as well as processes for reducing disinfection by-products, making it an essential resource on the latest breakthroughs in the characterization, treatment and removal of natural organic matter (NOM) from drinking water.

This comprehensive text describes the diseases associated with water, their causative agents and the ways in which they gain access to water systems.

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

This volume contains the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Biophysics of Photoreceptors and Photomovements in Microorganisms"e; held in Tir- renia (Pisa), Italy, in September 1990.

This book addresses "e;phyto-microbiome mediated stress regulation"e;.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat that needs immediate attention and action from the scientific community.

Both communicable and noncommunicable diseases of the respiratory system are an increasing healthcare problem despite medical advances.

Molecular epidemiology has recently broaden its focuses due to the development of molecular tools but also by incorporating advances of other fields such as mathematical epidemiology, molecular ecology, population genetics and evolution.

"e;Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right"e; --Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary GeneralEdited by two world-renowned scientists in the field, The Handbook of Water and Wastewater Microbiology provides a definitive and comprehensive coverage of water and wastewater microbiology.

This fully updated second edition outlines the currently available clinical, epidemiological and experimental data on Clostridioides difficile infections(CDI) with special emphasis on studies and results achieved in Europe.

The book provides a characteristic of sulfate karst, the features of its distribution and development in the Perm region, based on their own research and generalization of data accumulated in recent years.

This book is aimed to cover the role of genetic polymorphisms in human genes related to RBC disorders, metabolic enzymes, immune response, and cytoadherence in the susceptibility/resistance to malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.

This book covers microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) for biohydrogen production and explores the basics, challenges, limitations and applications of this technology.

Biotechnology Biotechnology is is now now established established as as a a major major area area of of technology, technology, concerned concerned with with the' the' application application of of biological biological organisms, organisms, systems systems or or processes processes to to manufac- turing turing or or service service industries'.

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Ammonia in wastewater causes the eutrophication of water bodies and the subsequent depletion of dissolved oxygen.

Algae Materials: Applications Benefitting Health offers a comprehensive analysis of biosensors, algae materials for clinical applications, algae polymers, proteins and pigments, algae for food applications and packaging, blue economy, algae forming, cosmetics, and more.

This book offers the first comprehensive, in-depth treatment of microbial diversity for undergraduate and graduate students.

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.

Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a prominent public health problem for humans.

This book highlights the types and importance of multitasking fungi and provides critical analysis of fungi involved in production of important enzymes.

Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances in fighting microbial resistance such as the applications of nanotechnology, plant products, bacteriophages, marine products, algae, insect-derived products, and other alternative methods that can be applied to fight bacterial infections.

This contributed volume presents new insight into sustainable possibilities of combination of nanomaterial and bioenergy production together.

This edited volume provides insights about the molecular virology, pathoenesis of infection and host responses to varicella-zoster virus, which is a medically important human herpesvirus.

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society.

This volume brings together leading international experts to offer a unique and timely perspective on geomicrobiology through their latest research and findings.

This book examines the economic incentives for food safety in the private marketplace and how public actions have helped shape those incentives.

This book describes the state-of-the-artconcerning the marine microbiome and its uses in biotechnology.

This book reviews the latest research on the molecules and mechanisms of marine host stress responses to viral infections and tumorigenesis.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the state of knowledge on the role of microbes in inducing autoimmune diseases.