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Nova Science Publishers Inc Enterococcus faecalis: Molecular Characteristics,
Book SynopsisEnterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive, coccus shaped, lactic acid bacterium, with demonstrated ubiquity across multiple anatomical sites. Enterococcus faecalis isolates have been isolated from clinical samples as the etiological agent in patients with overt infections, and from body sites previously thought to be sterile but absent of signs and symptoms of infection. E. faecalis is implicated in both human health and disease, recognised as a commensal, a probiotic and an opportunistic multiply resistant pathogen. E faecalis has emerged as a key pathogen in nosocomial infections. Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastro-intestinal tract of humans. Interestingly, although it is not clear whether E faecalis is part of the oral cavity microbiome, it is frequently recovered from root canal infections. Specifically, it is the major pathogen found in persistent infections associated with root canal treatment failure. Moreover, E faecalis is one of the leading multidrug resistant nosocomial pathogens, causing infective endocarditis, and participating in urinary tract, wound, and device- device-related infections. This book discusses the molecular characteristics, its role in nonsocomial infections and the antibacterial effects of Enterococcus faecalis. It begins by discussing the virulence factors of enterococcus faecalis and concludes with E faecalis in dental infections.
£182.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Salmonella: Prevalence, Risk Factors & Treatment
Book SynopsisThe ability of various microorganisms to attach to surfaces and create biofilms on them is rather a cause of concern for many industries, including for those occupied with food production and processing. Thus, the attachment of bacterial pathogens to food processing equipment is considered as an essential contributing factor in foodborne disease outbreaks, since this may ultimately lead to the contamination of food products. Improperly cleaned surfaces promote soil build-up, and, in the presence of water, contribute to the development of microbial biofilms which may contain pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella. Salmonella enterica is one of the most significant enteric foodborne bacterial pathogens, with host-adapted strains able to cause systemic human infections and persist for long periods of time, posing significant public health problems. This book discusses the prevalence, risk factors and treatment options of Salmonella.
£182.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Avian Influenza & SARS: Epidemiology, Global
Book SynopsisAvian influenza (AI) is caused by Influenza A viruses, and are single stranded, segmented RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae. Influenza A viruses continue to pose a major threat to the poultry industry and to the public. Wild aquatic birds are considered the primary hosts of influenza A, in which the virus is enzootic. In these birds, influenza viruses usually replicate in the intestinal tract, cause no disease, and spread by fecal contamination of the water habitat. This book discusses the epidemiology, global patters, and clinical management of Avian Influenza. It also examines the symptoms, treatment and clinical outcomes of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by a SARS coronavirus.
£127.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc New Trends in Corynebacterium Glutamicum: Beyond
Book SynopsisOver fifty years of scientific and industrial developments focused on the amino acid producer bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum has successfully yielded up to 2.93 and 1.95 million tons/year of L glutamic acid and L-lysine, respectively. As a result of this biotechnological effort, a massive amount of knowledge decidedly applicable to the development of new products has been gained. Nowadays, this knowledge is used to enlarge the portfolio of C. glutamicum industrial products, since they are highly relevant as chemicals, biodegradable polymers, ingredients, or additives in food, feed, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. This book addresses production of these new metabolites (C. glutamicum applications) and their potential under the expert point of view of those groups directly involved in their developments. Thus, amino acids out of the traditional glutamic acid or lysine, as L valine; food colorants such as carotenoids; dicarboxylic acids used as building blocks (e.g: succinate); alpha hydroxy acids as L lactate, D lactate or glycolate; biodegradable polyester (eg.: polyhydroxybutyrate); alcohols for biofuel as isobutanol as well as bioremediation applications of the new developments around C. glutamicum described in this book. Those industrial relevant compounds come to the market parallel with the developing application of new technologies. Hence, cell activity as a whole by means of the Proteomics or Transcriptomics approaches, as well as the methodologies that mimic the large fermetor conditions in a scale-down format are also reviewed in the book. Additionally, a historical description and an updated review of the taxonomical environment of Corynebacterium genus open an essential manual for enterprises, researchers and academia involved in Actinobacteria, secondary metabolite production and industrial applications. This book reviews the evolution of almost sixty years of development, initially focused on amino acid production, which unleashes the idea of C. glutamicum as a biorefinery due to its ability to generate hundreds of products demanded by the market.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Coliforms: Occurrence, Detection Methods &
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Listeria Monocytogenes: Incidence, Growth
Book SynopsisThis book provides readers with the latest developments in Listeria Monocytogenes research. Topics covered include its growth in biofilms in the food industry; molecular mechanisms involved in the food-related subsistence of Listeria Monocytogenes; an epidemiological update and the control possibilities for outbreaks of L. Monocytogenes; how to control L. Monocytogenes biofilms on food contact surfaces; methods for killing activities of macrophages against L. Monocytogenes infection; and a review of some of the most exciting developments in the analysis of the interaction between L. Monocytogenes and the host GI tract.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Endotoxins and their Importance
Book SynopsisThis book is divided into six chapters that cover a wide range of endotoxin biology topics. The first chapter provides a general overview of endotoxins, as well as a timeline of their use and discovery. In Chapter Two, we'll look at how to extract and characterize these compounds. In Chapter Three, the genetics and biochemical pathways involved in endotoxin biosynthesis are discussed in depth. In Chapter Four, endotoxin virulence is discussed, as well as the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. In Chapter Five, the use of endotoxins as vaccine adjuvants is discussed as a futuristic way to improve vaccine efficacy. At the end, Chapter Six discusses potential areas of endotoxin exposure in the environment, as well as measures to combat the ecological threat.Table of ContentsPreface; Endotoxins: A Basic Introduction; Extraction and Characterization of Endotoxins; Endotoxin Biosynthesis: Genetics and Biochemistry of the Process; Endotoxins: Regulation of the Virulence; Endotoxins as Vaccine Adjuvants; Endotoxins in the Environment; Index.
£62.04
Nova Science Publishers Inc Understanding Antibiofilm Activity
Book SynopsisBiofilms have grown into a major issue that poses hazards to all life forms. This book reviews strategies which can be employed to combat biofilms.Chapter 1 demonstrates that microbial biofilms are generated when a polymeric matrix surrounds a collection of single or heterogeneous microbial organisms. Chapter 2 discusses how biofilm resistance to antimicrobial drugs has become a global problem for medical researchers. Chapter 3 discusses how even though antibiofilm tactics are helpful, they are still worth investigating because each strategy is limited by physiological parameters such as composition, osmolarity, and bacterial species. Chapter 4 reveals that biofilms are diverse microbial societies dwelling in diverse environments. Chapter 5 confers emerging biofilm eradication tendencies and tactics, as well as the treatment of biofilm-related medical problems. Chapter 6 examines how biofilm's pervasiveness makes its removal extremely challenging. Chapter 7 looks at a variety of recently discovered nano-established biomaterials as well as the approaches that are being used to create antibiofilm surfaces. Finally, Chapter 8 discusses how microbial biofilms, which are generated by the aggregation of single or varied microbial species encased in a polymeric matrix, are a frequent way for bacteria to shield themselves against environmental challenges and antibacterial treatments.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Natural Products for Biofilm Control: Action Mechanisms and Innovative Proposals; An Understanding of Antibiofilm Activity; Perspectives on Current Information and Future Potential for Antibiofilm Approaches in Health Care Systems; Major Physical Strategies for Controlling Biofilm Formation; Emerging Trends in Antibiofilm Approaches: A Review; Insect-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides: A Novel Strategy for Biofilm Inhibition; The Use of Nanotechnology as an Effective Antibiofilm Approach: A Review; Chemical Strategies for Combating Microbial Biofilms; Index.
£113.59
Springer International Publishing AG Bioremediation of Selenium Contaminated
Book SynopsisThis book features the reduction and removal of selenium in wastewater via bioremediation. Arranged over five chapters, this book provides information regarding the interaction between micro-organisms and selenium, and it also explains the biogeochemistry of selenium in engineered ecosystems designed for wastewater treatment. The analytical approaches currently adopted by the scientific community are also described and discussed. Readers will find examples of the biological treatment of selenium contaminated wastewater, and discover a concise overview of selenium removal processes that are currently implemented at lab-scale as well as at industrial scale.Table of Contents
£85.49
Springer Food Microbiology Laboratory for the Food Science
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to give students an understanding of the role of microorganisms in food processing and preservation;
£64.91
S Chand & Co Ltd College Botany: 1: Algae Fungi and Bryophyta
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Cosmo Publications Parasitic Diseases of Buffalos in India
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Cyanobacteria: Life History, Ecology and Impact
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Catalase and its Applications
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Nova Science Publishers Inc New Research on Mycorrhizal Fungus
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£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Medicinal Plants and COVID-19
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£163.19
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Microbiome in Animal Nutrition Health and Diseases
£163.19
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Microbial Biodegradation Bioremediation and Ozonation Technology for Sustainable Organophosphate Remediation MethylparathionInsecticide
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Antimicrobial Resistance A Looming Public Health Crisis
£163.19
Springer Yeast Biotechnology
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc I Contain Multitudes
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OUP Oxford Evolutionary Parasitology The Integrated Study of Infections Immunology Ecology and Genetics Oxford Biology
Book SynopsisParasites are among the most serious threats for any organism. This book brings together the latest knowledge from different fields and traces the basic ecological and evolutionary principles behind the eternal and momentous struggle between hosts and their parasites, providing a synthesis of current understanding.
£49.49
Oxford University Press Biology of Ticks Volume 1 Revised
Book SynopsisBiology of Ticks is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseases. This second edition is a multi-authored work, featuring the research and analyses of renowned experts across the globe. Spanning two volumes, the book examines the systematics, biology, structure, ecological adaptations, evolution, genomics and the molecular processes that underpin the growth, development and survival of these important disease-transmitting parasites. Also discussed is the remarkable array of diseases transmitted (or caused) by ticks, as well as modern methods for their control. This book should serve as a modern reference for students, scientists, physicians, veterinarians and other specialists. Volume I covers the biology of the tick and features chapters on tick systematics, tick life cycles, external and internal anatomy, and others dedicated to specific organ systems, specifically, the tick integument, mouthparts and digestive system, salivary glands, waste removal, salivary glands, respiratory system, circulatory system and hemolymph, fat body, the nervous and sensory systems and reproductive systems. Volume II includes chapters on the ecology of non-nidicolous and nidicolous ticks, genetics and genomics (including the genome of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis) and immunity, including host immune responses to tick feeding and tick-host interactions, as well as the tick''s innate immune system that prevents and/or controls microbial infections. Six chapters cover in depth the many diseases caused by the major tick-borne pathogens, including tick-borne protozoa, viruses, rickettsiae of all types, other types of bacteria (e.g., the Lyme disease agent) and diseases related to tick paralytic agents and toxins. The remaining chapters are devoted to tick control using vaccines, acaricides, repellents, biocontrol, and, finally, techniques for breeding ticks in order to develop tick colonies for scientific study.Table of ContentsBiology of Ticks, 2nd Edition ; Volume 1: Structure, Systematics, Physiology, and Molecular Biology ; Chapter 1. Overview: Ticks, People and Animals ; Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe ; Chapter 2. Modern Tick Systematics ; Lance A. Durden and Lorenza Beati ; Chapter 3. Life Cycles and Natural History of Ticks ; Dmitry A. Apanaskevich and James H. Oliver, Jr. ; Chapter 4. External and Internal Anatomy ; Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe ; Chapter 5. Integument and Ecdysis ; W. Reuben Kaufman ; Chapter 6. Mouthparts and Digestive System: Anatomy and Molecular biology of Feeding and Digestion ; Daniel E. Sonenshine and Jennifer M. Anderson ; Chapter 7. Salivary Glands: Structure, Physiology and Molecular Biology ; Francisco J. Alarcon-Chaidez ; Chapter 8. Excretion and Water Balance: Hindgut, Malpighian Tubules and Coxal Glands ; Daniel E. Sonenshine ; Chapter 9. Heme Processing and the Evolution of Hematophagy ; Ben J. Mans ; Chapter 10. Respiratory System: Structure and Function ; Laura J. Fielden and Francis D. Duncan ; Chapter 11. Circulatory System and Hemolymph: Structure, Physiology and Molecular Biology ; Libor Grubhoffer, Natalia Rudenko, Marie Vancova, Maryna Golovchenko and Jan Sterba ; Chapter 12. Fat Body and Nephrocytes: Structure and Function ; Lewis B. Coons ; Chapter 13. Nervous and Sensory Systems: Structure, Function, genomics and proteomics Ladislav Simo, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Yeonsoong Park and Dusan Zitnan ; Chapter 14. Molecular Biology and Physiology of Chemical Communication ; Albert Mulenga ; Chapter 15. Heme-binding, lipoglyco-storage proteins ; Sayed M. S. Khalil, Kevin V. Donohue , R. Michael Roe and Daniel E. Sonenshine ; Chapter 16. Hormonal Regulation of Development, Metamorphosis and Reproduction ; R. Michael Roe, Kevin V. Donohue, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Brooke W. Bissinger, Jiwei Zhu and Daniel E. Sonenshine ; Chapter 17. Female Reproductive System: Anatomy, Physiology and Molecular Biology ; Mari H. Ogihara and DeMar Taylor ; Chapter 18. Male Reproductive System: Anatomy, Physiology and Molecular Biology ; Daniel E. Sonenshine and Lewis B. Coons
£201.88
Oxford University Press Biology of Ticks Volume 2 Revised
Book SynopsisSpanning two volumes, this is the most comprehensive work on tick biology and tick-borne diseasesTable of ContentsBiology of Ticks 2nd Edition ; Volume 2. Ecology, Genomics, Disease and Control ; Chapter 1. Ecology of Non-nidicolous Ticks ; Sarah E. Randolph ; Chapter 2. Ecology of Nidicolous Ticks ; Jeremy S. Gray ; Chapter 3. Tick Genetics, Genomics and Transformation ; Jason Meyer and Catherine A. Hill ; Chapter 4. Host-Tick Interactions ; Stephen K. Wikel ; Chapter 5. How Ticks Control Microbes: The innate immune response ; Wayne L. Hynes ; Chapter 6 . Tick-borne Protozoa ; Adalberto A. Perez de Leon, Edouard Vannier, Consuelo Almazan, and Peter J. Krause ; Chapter 7. Tick-borne Viruses ; Patricia A. Nuttall ; Chapter 8. Tick-borne Rickettsioses I (spotted fever group and other selected rickettsia) ; Kevin R.Macaluso and Christopher D. Paddock ; Chapter 9. Tick-borne Rickettsioses II (Anaplasmataceae) ; Holly D. Gaff, Katherine M. Kocan and Daniel E. Sonenshine ; Chapter 10. Other Tick-borne Bacterial Diseases (including Lyme disease, relapsing fever ; and Tularemia) ; Nicholas H. Ogden, Harvey Artsob, Gabriele Margos and Jean Tsao ; Chapter 11. Tick-induced paralysis and toxicoses ; Agustin Estrada-Pena and Ben J. Mans ; Chapter 12. Development of vaccines for control of tick infestations and interruption of pathogen transmission ; Jose de la Fuente and Katherine M. Kocan ; Chapter 13. Acaricide Research and Development, Resistance and Resistance Monitoring ; Felix D. Guerrero, Adalberto Perez de Leon, Roger I. Rodriguez-Vivas, Nick Jonson, Robert J. Miller and Renato Andreotti ; Chapter 14. Tick Repellent Research, Methods, and Development ; Brooke W. Bissinger and R. Michael Roe ; Chapter 15 Tick control: Trapping, Bio-control, Host Management and Other Alternative Strategies ; Howard Ginsberg ; Chapter 16. Tick Rearing and in vitro Feeding ; Sandra A. Allan
£201.88
Springer Handbook of Genetics Volume 1 Bacteria Bacteriophages and Fungi 001
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Springer Antiviral Chemotherapy 5
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Springer Bacterial Invasion into Eukaryotic Cells
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Springer Lentiviral Vector Systems for Gene Transfer Medical Intelligence Unit 31 Medical Intelligence Unit Unnumbered
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Springer Food Preservatives
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Springer NonCoding Rnas Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
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Springer Sensory Mechanisms of the Spinal Cord
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Springer Molecular Mechanisms of Werner S Syndrome Medical Intelligence Unit Unnumbered
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Springer Microorganisms in Foods 6 Microbial Ecology of Food Commodities
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Springer Retroviruses and Insights into Cancer Springer Series in Language and Communication V 1
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Springer The Nidoviruses Toward Control of SARS and Other Nidovirus Diseases Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 581
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Springer Immune Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Springer Lymphocyte Signal Transduction
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Springer Current Topics in Complement
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Springer Immune Regulation and Immunotherapy in Autoimmune Disease
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Springer Stedings and Virághs Scanning Electron Microscopy Atlas of the Developing Human Heart
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