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The desk encyclopedia of microbiology /

The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology aims to provide an affordable and ready access to a large variety of microbiological topics within one set of covers. This handy desk-top reference brings together an outstanding collection of work by the top scientists in the field. Covering topics ranging from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schaechter, Moselio, Lederberg, Joshua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2004.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; General websites; 1. Adhesion, Bacterial; 2. Agrobacterium and plant cell transformation; 3. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria; 4. Antifungal agents; 5. Antisense RNAs; 6. Antiviral agents; 7. Archaea; 8. Attenuation, Transcriptional; 9. Bacillus subtilis, Genetics; 10. Bacteriophages; 11. Biocides (Nonpublic health, Nonagricultural antimicrobials); 12. Biofilms and biofouling; 13. Biological warfare; 14. Bioluminescence, Microbial; 15. Bioreactors; 16. Bioremediation; 17. Biosensors; 18. Cell membrane: structure and function; 19. Cell Walls, Bacterial
  • 20. Chemotaxis21. Chromosome, Bacterial; 22. Conjugation, Bacterial; 23. Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S layers); 24. Culture collections and their databases; 25. Developmental processes in bacteria; 26. Diversity, Microbial; 27. DNA repair; 28. DNA replication; 29. DNA restriction and modification; 30. DNA sequencing and genomics; 31. Ecology, Microbial; 32. Emerging infections; 33. Energy transduction processes: from respiration to photosynthesis; 34. Enteropathogenic bacteria; 35. Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Genetics; 36. Exotoxins; 37. Extremophiles; 38. Fimbriae, Pili
  • 39. Flagella40. Food-borne illnesses; 41. Fungal infections, Cutaneous; 42. Fungal infections, Systemic; 43. Gastrointestinal microbiology; 44. Genetically modified organisms: guidelines and regulations for research; 45. Genomes, Mapping of Bacterial; 46. Germ-free animal techniques; 47. Gram-negative anaerobic pathogens; 48. Gram-negative cocci, Pathogenic; 49. Heat stress; 50. Horizontal transfer of genes between microorganisms; 51. Human immunodeficiency virus; 52. Identification of bacteria, Computerized; 53. Industrial fermentation processes; 54. Insect's symbiotic microorganisms
  • 55. Iron metabolism56. Lipopolysaccharides; 57. Methanogenesis; 58. Methylotrophy; 59. Nitrogen cycle; 60. Nitrogen fixation; 61. Nodule formation in legumes; 62. Nutrition of microorganisms; 63. Oral microbiology; 64. Osmotic stress; 65. Outer membrane, Gram-negative bacteria; 66. Oxidative stress; 67. pH Stress; 68. Plant pathogens; 69. Plasmids, Bacterial; 70. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); 71. Prions; 72. Protein secretion; 73. Quorum sensing in gram-negative bacteria; 74. Recombinant DNA, Basic procedures; 75. Sexually transmitted diseases; 76. Skin microbiology; 77. Soil microbiology
  • 78. SOS response79. Space flight, effects on microorganisms; 80. Sporulation; 81. Starvation, Bacterial; 82. Strain improvement; 83. Sulfur cycle; 84. Transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes; 85. Transduction: host DNA transfer by bacteriophages; 86. Transformation, Genetic; 87. Transposable elements; 88. Two-component systems; 89. Vaccines, Bacterial; 90. Vaccines, Viral; 91. Viruses; 92. Viruses, Emerging; 93. Yeasts; Index