Medical microbiology and virology Books

A guided tour through the strange and sometimes dangerous microscopic worldGerms are everywhere-in our intestines and on our skin as well as on kitchen counters, public toilets, doorknobs, and just about everything else. Why are there so many...

Forming part of the Food Microbiology series, this book provides a state of art coverage on molecular techniques applicable to food microbiology.

It has been exciting to witness the discovery that most peptic ulcers are caused by a bacterium that is relatively easy to eradicate. Most doctors now aim to give their patients the benefits of this unexpected breakthrough, but...

1 2 MARCEL B. ROBERFROID AND GLENN R. GIBSON 1 Universite Catholique de Louvain, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Avenue Mounier 73, B-1200 Brussels, BELGIUM 2 Food Microbial Sciences Unit, Department of Food Science and...

R. Fuller 1.1 DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL PREPARATIONS The history of the probiotic effect has been well documented many times previously (see e.g. Bibel, 1982; Fuller, 1992). The consumption of fermented milks dates from...

This second edition of Modern Bacterial Taxonomy has been completely revised and expanded to include detailed coverage of molecular systematics including relevant aspects of nucleic acid sequences, the construction of...

The concept of this book arose out of an international workshop, which we organized and held at the University of Wales Conference Centre at Gregynog. The workshop was the first occasion on which researchers from all the...

THE PLAGUE YEARS Mankind has always been fascinated by "origins," and biologists are no exception. Darwin is our most famous example. What is the origin of mankind, of species, of infectious diseases? In the last few years we...

Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial...

Based on the author's more than 40 years experience, Bacterial Growth and Form examines such important questions as what bacteria were, what they are, and what they do. Particular emphasis is placed on the ability of...

Biologically active compounds isolated from microorganisms continue to be vital to the development of new drugs and agricultural chemicals. This book was prepared by current and past members of the laboratory of Dr. Satoshi...

In this edition of the Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century Series, the editor reviews the research, diagnosis, and treatment of some common infections facing researchers, clinicians and family physicians such as...

The Story Of The Bacteria And Their Relations To Health And Disease is a book written by T. Mitchell Prudden in 1889. The book is a comprehensive study of bacteria and their impact on human health and disease. Prudden explores the history of bacteria,...

DNA Repair and Human Disease highlights the molecular complexities of a few well-known human hereditary disorders that arise due to perturbations in the fidelity of diverse DNA repair machineries.

This volume covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious Disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections. There is a balance of clinical basic science...

Immune Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a highly, concise update of the most recent advances in the immunobiology, genetics and microbiology related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease. This book broadly treats the topics...

This book is a unique resource for state-of-the-art research findings on biotechnological innovations in the area of industrial and therapeutic enzymes. It considers special-function and extreme-nature enzymes such as...

The threat of bioterrorism has become a major challenge for the twenty-?rst century. However, the potentials of infectious agents as bioweapons have been recognized for centuries. Throughout history there have been attempts to...

It has been over a decade since the First International Symposium on Hormonal Carcinogenesis convened in 199 1. Since then, the field has rapidly expanded with considerable progress in both breast and prostate cancers; while...

This book will contain a series of review articles that focus on retroviral models of human and animal cancers. Each article will be written by an expert in the field of retrovirology. The reviews will summarize current work on a particular retrovirus,...

I. Genetic Technology.- 1. Practical Molecular Taxonomy of Fungi.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Identifying a Fungus to Species-What does it Mean?.- 2.1. Useful Species Definitions.- 2.2. Genealogical Concordance as a Means to Recognize Fungal Species.- 2.3...

For the eighth time the yersiniologists all over the world gathered together when the International Symposium on Yersinia was organized by University of Turku and Turku Microbiology Society in Turku, Finland. Over 250 delegates...

2 The role of Ca+ as an internal messenger in visual transduction of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms has been explored intensely in the recent past. Since the 2 early 1970s, calcium ions and cyclic GMP (whose levels are...

Structure-Function Relationships of Human Pathogenic Viruses provides information on the mechanisms by which viruses enter the cell, replicate, package their DNA into capsids and mature into new virions. The relation between...

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding...

This volume focuses on molecular genetic/drug manipulation affecting the biology of hematopoiesis, leukemia, and other related cancers as well as on hemoglobinopathy, aplastic anemia, pediatric oncology, growth factors in...

1. Antibiotic Resistance: The Big Picture; D. Mazel, J. Davies. 2. Clinical impact of Antibiotic Resistance; S.A. Lerner. 3. Reversing Tetracycline Resistance: A Renaissance for the Tetracycline Family of Antibiotics; S.B. Levy, M. Nelson. 4...

Ocular Surface, Lids, Tears: The Evolution of Lid Margin Changes in Blepharitis; A.J. Bron, J.M. Tiffany. Corneal Transplantation and Eye Banking: Stromal Hydrodelamination Technique in Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty with Complete Removal of Pathologic...

Ectomycorrhizas in the Ecosystem: Structural, Functional, and Community Aspects (D.J. Read). Taxonomy of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: A Starting Point for Their Biotechnology (J.M. Trappe, A. Jumpponen). Molecular Approach to the Identification of...

T-Cell/Macrophage Activation and HIV Infection.- 1. CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocyte Activation in HIV Infection: Implications for Immune Pathogenesis and Therapy.- 2. Markers of Immune Cell Activation and Disease Progression: Cell Activation in HIV Disease.-...

HPV Gene Expression: The Antibody Response Against p53 in Cancer Patients (G. Matlashewski). Enhanced Production of WildType p53 Inhibits Growth and Differentiation of Normal Foreskin Epithelial Cells but not Cell Lines Containing Human Papillomavirus...

Clinical Manifestations and Treatment: Clinical Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis in an Italian Endemic Region; G. Bianchi. Lyme Borreliosis in Children; H.J. Christen, F. Hanefield. Ecology and Epidemiology: Lyme Borreliosis in Australia; R.D...

Introduction; I. Kahane. Biology of Mollicutes; J.G. Tully. Molecular Biology of Spiroplasmas; J.M. Bové. Mycoplasmas in the Human Urogenital Tract; D. Taylor-Robinson. Mycoplasma Infections of Man; H. Brunner. Mycoplasmas as Immunomodulators; Y...

Taxonomy; R.A. Samson. Physiology of Aspergillus; Z. Kozakiewicz, D. Smith. Improvement of Industrial Aspergillus Fungi; S. Ushijima. Molecular Genetics and Expression of Foreign Proteins in the Genus Aspergillus; J.R. Kinghorn, S.E. Unkles. Solid...

Molecular Taxonomy: Classification and Identification; K.H. Schleifer, W. Ludwig. DNA Sequence Analysis of the Genetic Structure of Populations of Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli; R.K. Selander, et al. Identification and Typing of Bacteria...

1-Coronavirus Genes: Comparative Aspects.- Sequence Analysis of CCV and its Relationship to FIPV, TGEV and PRCV.- Genomic Organization and Expression of the 3' End of the Canine and Feline Enteric Coronaviruses.- Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the...

Structure of a Human Rhinovirus Complexed with its Receptor Molecule; N.H. Olson, et al. Cascade Regulation of Vaccinia Virus Gene Expression; B. Moss. Transcriptional Activation by the Adenovirus E1A Proteins; B.A. Lewis, T. Shenk. Mechanisms ...

Introductory Paper: Fungal Dimorphism (D. Kerridge). Molecular Genetics of Morphogenic Processes: Molecular Control of Conidiogenesis in Aspergillus nidulans (W.E. Timberlake). Physics and Genetic Mapping of Candida albicans (B.B. Magee et al.). Cell...

Molecular Structure of the Arenaviruses: Arenavirus Ultrastructure and Morphogenesis; R.W. Compans. Glycoproteins of the Arenaviruses; J.W. Burns, M.J. Buchmeier. Antigenic Diversity among the Arenaviruses; C.R. Howard. Genetic Variation in Junin...

Ecology and Epidemiology of P. Aeruginosa; K. Botzenhart, G. Döring. Attachment and Colonization of P. Aeruginosa; R.T. Irvin. Phenazine Pigments in P. Aeruginosa Infection; R.U. Sorensen, F. Joseph, Jr.. Regulation of Toxin A Synthesis in P...

Studies of Reovirus Pathogenesis Reveal Potential Sites for Antiviral Intervention.- Drugs as Molecular Tools.- Genetically Engineered Bacteria to Identify and Produce Antiviral Agents.- Antiviral Agents from Novel Marine and Terrestrial Sources.- Virus...

1 The Genetics of Paramyxoviruses.- I. Introduction: The Genome Strategy of the Paramyxoviruses.- II. Genome Organization.- A. Genome Structure and function.- B. Coding Potential.- III. Genetic Interactions.- A. Absence of Genetic Recombination.- B...