Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Life Sciences - Microbiology

It was not until recent years that the study of polyamines, their mechanisms of synthesis, and the roles they play in metabolism have flourished, becoming a fertile field of intense research. Polyamines in Fungi: Their Distribution, Metabolism, and Role in Cell Differentiation and Morphogenesis provides a complete overview of its topic. It is the first and only book to describe and analyze the roles of polyamines in fungi and compare them with the roles of polyamines in higher eukaryotes.

The book contains data on the distribution of polyamines, their physiological...

This new edition of Fungi in Ecosystem Processes continues the unique approach of examining the roles of fungi from the perspective of ecosystem functions. It explores how fungi have adapted to survive within particular constraints, how they help to maintain homeostasis in ecosystems, how they facilitate resistance to perturbations, and how they influence the communities of other organisms.

Updated and revised, the second edition

• Expands the section on plant pathogens, invasive species, and insect fungal interactions
• Provides more extensive...

..".a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely valuable...overall it is a hugely valuable compendium of fungal ecology research. It is a must for the library shelf."

-Lynne Boddy, Cardiff University, UK, Mycological Research, 2006

"These 44 chapters are an excellent starting point for anyone interested in fungal communities, in the broadest sense of the term. It is a book for dipping into...may be the last comprehensive treatment of fungal...

Microbial biofilms is a relative new field, encompassing both clinical and environmental microbiology. This book presents an easily accessible and comprehensive survey of microbial biofilms and their role in human health and disease. It works well as a text and as a professional book with boxed text for emphasis and a clear and easily-referenced flow of chapters covering bacterial, viral, fungal microbiomes, and some of the latest techniques for analysis, including omics technology.

Biotechnology is one of the fastest emerging fields of biological sciences. The 21st century is witnessing the dawn of biotechnology, which is expected to surpass information technology as the new engine of the global economy. This exciting discipline has drawn the interests of traditional biologists, biochemists, microbiologists, medical and agricultural scientists into applying mathematical and engineering models to understanding biology. Biotechnology is experiencing a revolution and is affecting every facet of our lives, from crop improvement to commerce, and drugs to sustainable...

This book reviews more recent studies of antibiotics in Japan. It covers astromicin, application of cyclodextrin in the fermentative production process, production of Bialaphos from a Biochemical Engineering viewpoint, and acyl derivatives of tylosin produced by microbial transformation.

Biodiversity of Microbial Life places the importance and novelty of the diversity of the microbial world in perspective with the biodiversity of plants and animals. Microbial diversity has driven the evolution of all life on Earth as well as the nutrient cycles, which are key to the operation of the biosphere. Microorganisms live in all ecosystems, even extreme environments not habitable to other organisms. Noted experts including Carl Woese, the originator of the Tree of Life, and Rita Colwell, who is now Director of the National Science Foundation, offer their unique perspectives on the...

This book brings together the knowledge from and tools for genetic and genomic research into oomycetes to help solve the problems this pathogen poses to crops and animals. Armed with the information presented here, researchers can use oomycete data to solve practical problems and gain insight into future areas of interest.

Key Features:

• Offers an up-to-date coverage of research into oomycetes - which has advanced with biochemical and molecular analyses in recent years
• Helps researchers use oomycete data to solve practical problems, like damage to crop and...

Now organised by vertebrate host species, with parasites presented phylogenetically within chapters, this edition includes introductory chapters on modern diagnostic techniques and parasite biology and a new appendix featurs a complete drug formulary. The book is well-presented and extensively illustrated.