Developments in Food Quality and Safety Series is the most up-to-date resource covering trend topics such as Advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning; Food fraud, traceability and authenticity; Revalorization of agrifood industry; Natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food; Non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry; Nanotechnology in food production; and Intelligent packaging and sensors for food applications.
This updated and expanded second edition of Antiseptic Stewardship serves as a comprehensive reference guide to common biocidal active substances and antiseptic agents, examining their antimicrobial efficacy and potential to induce cell tolerance, including cross-tolerance to other biocidal agents, as well as cross-resistance to antibiotics.
Las periodontitis en los humanos están relacionadas con una compleja microbiota en donde aproximadamente 30-40 especies de bacterias que incluyen las arqueas, están implicadas de un total de las 800 especies que han identificado en la microbiota oral y que hoy se considera la segunda microbiota mas compleja del cuerpo humano, después de la intestinal.
This comprehensive volume covers all aspects from the historical discovery of the filarial parasite Loa loa to the latest diagnostics and therapies for all forms of pathology used at the point of care.
This book provides detailed information on the impact of climate change on gastrointestinal and liver health and disease patterns on the African continent.
This book provides detailed information on the impact of climate change on gastrointestinal and liver health and disease patterns on the African continent.
Strategies to Improve the Quality of Foods, Volume One in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series explores salt, sugar and fat reduction, while also discussing natural alternatives and nitrate and nitrate salts.
Strategies to Improve the Quality of Foods, Volume One in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series explores salt, sugar and fat reduction, while also discussing natural alternatives and nitrate and nitrate salts.
High-yield microbiology cases help students apply knowledge and prepare for board examsLearning Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Clinical Case Prep for the USMLE(R) by Tracey A.
Encyclopedia of Food Allergy, organized in 10 sections, with ~200 chapters, and written by world-renowned clinician-scientist authors, is the most comprehensive resource for food allergy ever compiled.
In the human body, there are millions of living microorganisms involved in protecting the body from invaders, helping digestion and regulating moods, but there are also harmful pathogens that cause infectious diseases.
CRISPR/Cas is a recently described defense system that protects bacteria and archaea against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids.
Reports on the emergence and prevalence of resistant bacterial infections in hospitals and communities raise concerns that we may soon no longer be able to rely on antibiotics as a way to control infectious diseases.
In the human body, there are millions of living microorganisms involved in protecting the body from invaders, helping digestion and regulating moods, but there are also harmful pathogens that cause infectious diseases.
The first edition of The Prokaryotes, published in 1981, took a bold step to become the most comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedic handbook on prokaryotes.
A concise, expertly written introduction to virology-a subject rapidly increasing in popularity and importance Fundamentals of Virology describes multiple viral species from each major family and compares their survival strategies.
A concise, expertly written introduction to virology-a subject rapidly increasing in popularity and importance Fundamentals of Virology describes multiple viral species from each major family and compares their survival strategies.
This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the various aspects of Lassa virus (LASV), the causative agent of Lassa fever, a frequently fatal zoonotic disease endemic to West Africa.
This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the various aspects of Lassa virus (LASV), the causative agent of Lassa fever, a frequently fatal zoonotic disease endemic to West Africa.
Las bacterias, virus, hongos, protozoos y priones son seres "invisibles" que, sin embargo, desarrollan acciones determinantes y paradójicas en nuestras vidas: al mismo tiempo que hacen posible la existencia del pan, los quesos, el chocolate, las bebidas fermentadas y medicamentos, afectan gravemente nuestra salud y son responsables de gran parte de nuestras enfermedades: 7 de cada 10 muertes que se registran en países en vías de industrialización son provocadas por microbios, y 2 de cada 3 tres niños mueren en todo el mundo de enfermedades microbianas.
