Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery

ISBN-13: 9781461452058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 130 str.

Naowarat Cheeptham

Opis

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

Spis treści

Advances and Challenges in Studying Cave Microbial Diversity.- Cave Biofilms and Their Potential for Novel Antibiotic Discovery.- Cave Conservation: A Canadian caver's Perspective.- Cave Conversation: A Microbiologist's Perspective.- Microbial Ecology: Caves as an Extreme Habitat.- Studies of Antibiotic Production by Cave Bacteria. ​