The new microbiology : from microbiomes to CRISPR /

"Microbiology has undergone radical changes over the past few decades and ushered in an exciting new era in science. Microbes, specifically bacteria, are incredibly diverse: some are associated with disease and many others are essential for health. Bacteria are highly complex life forms able to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cossart, Pascale (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2018]
Series:Monograph, ASM Press.
Subjects:
Microbiology.
Microbiology
Microbiologie.
microbiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General
Internet Resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: New Concepts in Microbiology
  • Bacteria: many friends, few enemies
  • Bacteria: highly organized unicellular organisms
  • The RNA revolution
  • From the CRISPR defense system to the CRISPR/Cas9 method for modifying genomes
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Part II: Sociomicrobiology: The Social Lives of Bacteria
  • Biofilms: when bacteria gather together
  • How bacteria communicate: chemical language and quorum sensing
  • When bacteria kill each other
  • Human-animal symbioses: the microbiotas
  • Bacterium-plant symbioses: microbiotas of plants
  • Endosymbiotic relationships
  • Part III: The Biology of Infections
  • Pathogenic bacteria, major scourges, and new diseases
  • The multiple strategies of pathogenic bacteria
  • Pathogenic bacteria in insects
  • 15. Plants and their pathogenic bacteria
  • 16. New visions in infecction defense
  • Part IV: Bacteria as Tools
  • 17. Bacteria as tools for research
  • 18. Bacteria: old and new health tools
  • 19. Bacteria as environmental tools
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Major figues in microbiology.

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