Microbiology (non-medical) Books

Book SynopsisDrug-resistant bacteria — known as superbugs — are one of the biggest medical threats of our time. Here, a doctor, researcher, and ethics professor tells the exhilarating story of his race to beat them and save countless lives. When doctor Matt McCarthy first meets Jackson, a mechanic from Queens, it is in the ER, where he has come for treatment for an infected gunshot wound. Usually, antibiotics would be prescribed, but Jackson’s infection is one of a growing number of superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to known drugs. He only has one option, and if that doesn’t work he may lose his leg or even his life. On the same day, McCarthy and his mentor Tom Walsh begin work on a groundbreaking clinical trial for a new antibiotic they believe will eradicate certain kinds of superbugs and demonstrate to Big Pharma that investment in these drugs can save millions of lives and prove financially viable. But there are seemingly endless hoops to jump through before they can begin administering the drug to patients, and for people like Jackson time is in short supply. Superbugs is a compelling tale of medical ingenuity. From the muddy trenches of the First World War, where Alexander Fleming searched for a cure for soldiers with infected wounds, to breakthroughs in antibiotics and antifungals today that could revolutionise how infections are treated, McCarthy takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the history — and future — of medicine. Along the way, we meet patients like Remy, a teenage girl with a dangerous and rare infection; Donny, a retired firefighter with a compromised immune system; and Bill, the author’s own father-in-law, who contracts a deadly staph infection. And we learn about the ethics of medical research: why potentially life-saving treatments are often delayed for years to protect patients from exploitation. Can McCarthy get his trial approved and underway in time to save the lives of his countless patients infected with deadly bacteria, who have otherwise lost all hope?Trade Review‘There might not be another author who so fluidly combines a world-class doctor and researcher's knowledge and experience with a memoirist's sensibility. Matt McCarthy is Siddhartha Mukherjee and David Sedaris rolled into one. Who else but McCarthy could write a dispatch from the front lines of the secret fight for the future of the human race that is not just gripping and illuminating, but also poignant and funny?’ -- Ben Reiter, New York Times bestselling author of Astroball‘Written from the front lines in the battle against resistant microbes, Superbugs will educate and inspire all those concerned about the growing threat to individuals and society. McCarthy offers a fast paced, vivid narrative that grips the reader from the opening pages and never lets go.’ -- Dr. Jerome Groopman, Recanati Professor at Harvard Medical School, and co-author of New York Times bestseller Your Medical Mind‘Superbugs is a riveting look into the world of bacteria and antibiotics. Dr. Matt McCarthy offers a compulsively readable tour through infectious disease. With his characteristic humour and warmth, Dr. McCarthy humanises a fascinating and timely topic that has resonance for us all. In a voice that is thoughtful and honest, punctuated by sharp wit, he reveals the drugs and dilemmas that will impact humanity for years to come. This is a rare and important book.’ -- Daniela Lamas, author of You Can Stop Humming Now‘An amazing informative book that changes our perspective on medicine, microbes and our future’ -- Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies‘A perfect work of popular science. Like Atul Gawande, Matt McCarthy has the magical ability to transmit deeply technical knowledge in a way that makes the reader feel like part of a high-level professional conversation; like Michael Lewis, a gift for the place where big ideas overlap; like Elizabeth Kolbert, a sense of narrative urgency about the state of the present world that makes anything outside its pages seem trivial. Magnificent.’ -- Charles Finch, winner of National Book Critics Circle Award‘Dr. Matt McCarthy … writes about the ‘microscopic miracles’ that lie beneath the soil.’ -- Sarah Berry * Sydney Morning Herald *‘The rise of the superbug has transformed each working hour into a battle to outwit the treatment-resistant bacteria that threaten patients’ lives … In McCarthy’s new book, he explains through the stories of his patients what antibiotic resistance means to every one of us.’ -- Simon Crompton * The Times *‘Intriguing ... This book discusses many big things, along with microscopic ones, and the two combine to provide a valuable insight to a challenge facing us all, whether doctor or patient.’ -- Robin Osborne * GPSpeak *‘It is a fascinating read, enhanced by his detours into medical history ... McCarthy can wring suspense from fungal infection and faculty meetings.’ -- Jenny Nicholls * North and South *‘Mostly heart-breaking, but at times laugh-out-loud funny … Superbugs is an immersive and educational read that combines feelings of futility with a sense of hope at just the right moments.’ -- Anna Kosmynina * COSMOS *‘A riveting insider’s look at the race to find a cure for antibiotic-resistant infections, one of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine … The author’s storytelling is at once urgent and empathetic, a compelling combination that leaves readers feeling informed and optimistic. Insightful and honest, McCarthy effectively combines useful information about the latest advances in microbial research with accounts of the best aspects of humanity.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘McCarthy gives an insider’s look at the history of antibiotics and the urgent fight against deadly, drug-resistant bacteria.’ * People *‘Dr. McCarthy offers a glimmer of hope: a new way to both cure and prevent future superbug infections with a single treatment.’ * Christian Broadcasting Network *‘McCarthy weaves the history of the life-saving drugs into a suspenseful account of his own role in a groundbreaking clinical trial.’ * The Boston Globe Magazine *‘It may sound like another sci-fi superhero movie, but physician and author Matt McCarthy warns that the topic of lethal bacteria is not to be taken lightly … McCarthy explains how these pathogens have built up a resistance to our current arsenal of antibiotics.’ * NPR’s All Things Considered *‘Cutting-edge science.’ * Twin Cities Pioneer Press *‘Sheds a lot of light on an issue that should be in the public consciousness.’ * SF Gate *‘Incredibly interesting with a good mix of the scientific and human aspects … McCarthy also goes into the history of antibiotic development and the economics of today’s drug development that limit the research for new antimicrobials … The book is easy to read, and never dull due to the patient interactions. McCarthy explains novel concepts in a simple, easy to understand way.’ * Sam Still Reading *

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Book SynopsisThis updated text collects all the introductory aspects of beer brewing science into one place for undergraduate brewing science courses. This expansive and detailed work is written in conversational style, walking students through all the brewing basics from the origin and history of beer to the brewing process to post-brew packaging and quality control and assurance. As an introductory text, this book assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of brewing science and only limited experience with chemistry, biology and physics. The text provides students with all the necessary details of brewing science using a multidisciplinary approach, with a thorough and well-defined program of in-chapter and end-of-chapter problems. As students solve these problems, they will learn how scientists think about beer and brewing and develop a critical thinking approach to addressing concerns in brewing science. As a truly comprehensive introduction to brewing science, Brewing Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Second Edition walks students through the entire spectrum of the brewing process. The different styles of beer, the molecular makeup and physical parameters, and how those are modified to provide different flavors are listed. All aspects of the brewery process, from the different setup styles to sterility to the presentation of the final product, are outlined in full. All the important brewing steps and techniques are covered in meticulous detail, including malting, mashing, boiling, fermenting and conditioning. Bringing the brewing process full circle, this text covers packaging aspects for the final product as well, focusing on everything from packaging technology to quality control. Students are also pointed to the future, with coverage of emerging flavor profiles, styles and brewing methods. Each chapter in this textbook includes a sample of related laboratory exercises designed to develop a student’s capability to critically think about brewing science. These exercises assume that the student has limited or no previous experience in the laboratory. The tasks outlined explore key topics in each chapter based on typical analyses that may be performed in the brewery. Such exposure to the laboratory portion of a course of study will significantly aid those students interested in a career in brewing science.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Introduction to Brewing Science 1.1 Science and the Brewer 1.1.1 The Scientific Method 1.2 What is Beer? 1.3 Some Common Conventions 1.3.1 Volume 1.3.2 Temperature 1.3.3 Weight 1.4 Yes Virginia, Beer contains Alcohol 1.5 A Short History of Beer in the World 1.5.1 The Very Early Years (pre-historic to Romans) 1.5.2 Beer in Europe before 1500 1.5.3 Colonization and the New World 1.5.4 Beer in Post-1700 Europe 1.5.5 Beer in the Far East 1.6 Beer in the United States 1.6.1 Beer unites the nation 1.6.2 Expansion across the west 1.6.3 Temperance and Prohibition 1.6.4 Prohibition in the US 1.6.5 Post-prohibition 1.6.6 Returning to the home 1.7 The Current Market for Beer Laboratory Exercises Familiarization with laboratory measurements Exploring the Internet Chapter 2 – Beer Styles 2.1 Judging Beer 2.1.1 Beer Styles 2.1.2 Conforming to a Style 2.2 Parameters that Classify a Beer Style 2.2.1 Physical Parameters 2.3 Common Beer Styles 2.3.1 Lagers 2.3.1.1 European Lagers 2.3.1.2 English Lagers 2.3.1.3 American Lagers 2.3.1.4 Other Lagers 2.3.2 Ales 2.3.2.1 European Ales 2.3.2.2 English, Scottish and Irish Ales 2.3.2.3 American Ales 2.3.3 Hybrids (talk about Calif. Common, etc…) 2.4 Historical Beer Styles 2.5 How to Sample and Taste Beer 2.5.1 Beer Glasses 2.5.2 Serving Temperature 2.5.3 Sampling and Tasting Laboratory Exercises Density measurements SRM Determination Chapter 3 – Molecules and Other Matters 3.1 The Atom 3.1.1 Compounds 3.2 Laws that Govern Atoms, Molecules, and Ionic Compounds 3.3 The World of Carbon-Containing Molecules 3.3.1 Basic Functional Groups in Brewing 3.3.2 Amino acid polymers 3.3.3 Drawing Organic Molecules 3.3.4 Naming Organic Molecules 3.4 Reactions of Organic Molecules 3.4.1 Oxidation and Reduction 3.4.2 Condensation Reactions 3.4.3 Isomerization Reactions 3.4.4 Radical Reactions 3.4.5 Maillard Reactions Laboratory Exercises Building models in 3-D Chapter 4 – Overview of the Brewing Process 4.1 Overview of the Process 4.1.1 Agriculture 4.1.2 Malting 4.1.3 Milling 4.1.4 Mashing 4.1.5 Lautering and Sparging 4.1.6 Boiling 4.1.7 Fermentation 4.1.8 Maturation 4.1.9 Filtration 4.1.10 Packaging 4.2 Cleaning and Sterilizing 4.3 Inputs and Outputs 4.3.1 Water 4.3.2 Grains and Malts 4.3.3 Hops 4.3.4 Yeast 4.3.5 Finished product Laboratory Exercises Sketch the overview Research on Barley Chapter 5 – Malting and Water 5.1 Biology of Barley 5.1.1 The Barley Corn 5.1.2 Barley and the Farmer 5.1.3 Barley Diseases and Pests 5.1.4 Sorting and Grading 5.2 Malting Barley 5.2.1 Germination of Barley 5.2.2 Equipment used in Malting 5.2.3 Problems Arising from Malting 5.3 Maillard Reactions 5.4 Water – the most important ingredient 5.4.1 Types of water 5.4.1.1 Aquifers 5.4.1.2 Brewery Water 5.4.2 What’s in the water? 5.4.2.1 Cations in water 5.4.2.2 Anions in water 5.4.2.3 Reactions in water 5.4.3 pH 5.4.3.1 Residual Alkalinity Laboratory Exercises Germination of barley Chapter 6 – Milling and Mashing 6.1 Milling 6.1.1 Purpose of milling 6.1.2 Equipment used in milling 6.2 Purpose of mashing 6.3 Equipment used in Mashing 6.3.1 Cereal Cookers 6.3.2 Mash Mixer and Mash Kettles 6.3.3 Mash Tun 6.3.4 Processes in Mashing 6.4 Enzymes and what they are 6.5 Chemistry while Resting 6.5.1 Starch 6.5.1 Phytase 6.5.2 Glucanase 6.5.3 Proteases and peptidases 6.5.4 Alpha-amylase 6.5.5 Beta-amylase 6.5.6 Mashout 6.6 Efficiency of Extraction 6.6.1 Efficiency Calculations 6.6.2 Mash pH 6.6.3 Mash Thickness Laboratory Exercises The Effect of Temperature and pH on Mashing Efficiency Chapter 7 – Lautering and Sparging 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Fluid physics: Static case 7.2.1 Pressure 7.2.2 Pascal’s Law 7.3 Fluid Physics: Dynamic case 7.3.1 Conservation of mass: the continuity equation 7.3.2: Bernoulli’s principle and laminar flow 7.3.3 Pressure and Hydraulic Head 7.3.4 Head and Pump Dynamics. 7.3.5 Darcy’s Law and laminar flow in porous media 7.4 Equipment used in Sparging and Lautering 7.4.1 Batch Sparging 7.4.2 Fly Sparging 7.4.3 Mash Filter 7.5 When do we stop sparging? Laboratory Exercises Exploring Darcy’s law Chapter 8 – Boiling 8.1 Why Boil the Wort? 8.2 The Equipment of the Boil 8.2.1 Metals and Heating 8.2.2 Corrosion 8.2.3 Methods for Heating 8.2.4 Direct Fire Vessels 8.2.5 Calandria 8.2.6 Other Heating Systems 8.3 Heat and Temperature 8.3.1 Types of Energy 8.4 Heat Capacity and Heat Transfer 8.4.1 Phase Transition – Boiling 8.4.2 Power 8.5 Hops in the Boil 8.5.1 The hop flower revisited 8.5.2 Hop Oil Constituents 8.5.3 Modified Hop Oils Laboratory Exercises Hop Tea and Identifying Flavors Determination of Percent Hop Acids in Hops. Determination of Wort Viscosity during Boil. Chapter 9 – Cooling and Fermenting 9.0 Setting the Stage 9.1 Wort Chilling 9.1.1 Heat Exchangers 9.1.2 Multiple stage heat exchangers 9.2 Equipment used in Fermentation 9.2.1 Refrigeration 9.2.1.1 Introductory Thermodynamics. State variables and processes. 9.2.1.2 Internal energy and the first law of thermodynamics 9.2.1.3 Thermodynamic Processes 9.2.1.4 Reversible and irreversible processes in thermodynamics 9.2.1.5 The most efficient cycle: The Carnot cycle. 9.2.1.6 Type of refrigerants. 9.2.1.7 Mechanical implementation of refrigeration. Glycol circulation. 9.2.2 Fermenters, CCV, round squares. 9.2.2.1 Aeration and pressure effects 9.3 Yeast 9.3.1 Yeast Morphology 9.3.2 Yeast Metabolism 9.3.2.1 Aerobic Conditions 9.3.2.2 Anaerobic Conditions 9.3.2.3 Effects on metabolism 9.3.3 Products of Yeast Laboratory Exercises The Effect of Sugars on Fermentation Chapter 10 – Maturation and Carbonation 10.1 The purpose of maturation 10.1.1 Secondary fermentation 10.1.2 Warm maturation 10.1.3 Cold maturation 10.1.4 Other adjustments 10.2 Equipment Used in Maturation 10.2.1 Horizontal versus Vertical 10.2.2 Cask Conditioning 10.3 Carbonation 10.3.1 The principles of carbonation 10.3.2 Equipment used to Carbonate 10.3.2.1 Inline methods 10.3.2.2 Online methods 10.3.3 Issues with Carbonation Laboratory Exercises Diacetyl Determination in Beer Adjusting the Color Chapter 11 – Clarification and Filtration 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Colloids and Colloidal Stability 11.2.1 What is a colloid? 11.2.2 Formation in beer 11.2.3 Turbidity Measurements 11.2.4 Shelf-life 11.3 Clarification 11.3.1 During Boiling 11.3.2 During Fermentation 11.3.3 During Maturation 11.4 Filtration 11.4.1 Principles of filtration 11.4.2 Filtration equipment 11.4.2.1 The Sheet Filter 11.4.2.2 The Lenticular Filter 11.4.2.3 Powder Filters (Candle, Leaf, and Plate&Frame Filters) 11.4.2.4 Crossflow Filters 11.4.3 Issues with Filtration 11.4.3.1 Product Safety Hazards 11.4.3.2 Product Quality Hazards 11.4.3.3 Operator Safety Hazards Chapter 12 – Packaging 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Carbonation and Other Gases 12.2.1 Pressure Loss in Transferring Liquids 12.2.2 Temperature Increases during production 12.2.3 Other Gases used in “carbonation” 12.3 Packaging 12.3.1 Small Pack 12.3.1.1 Bottles 12.3.1.2 Cans 12.3.1.3 Plastic 12.3.2 Large Pack 12.4 Pasteurization 12.4.1 Tunnel Pasteurization 12.4.2 Flash Pasteurization 12.4.3 Other methods of Pasteurization Laboratory Exercises Thermal Expansion of Water Chapter 13 – Quality Assurance and Quality Control 13.1 What is Quality? 13.1.1 Quality for the Consumer 13.1.2 Quality for the Brewery 13.1.3 What Quality is not 13.2 Quality Control 13.2.1 Methods in Quality Control 13.3 Quality Assurance 13.3.1 Good Brewery Practice 13.3.2 Addressing production using PDCA 13.4 Addressing Product Safety 13.4.1 FSMA 13.4.2 HACCP 13.5 Sensory Analyses 13.5.1 Types of sensory evaluations 13.6 Safety in the Brewery Laboratory Exercises Turbidity in Beer Appendix A – Math for the Brewer A.0 Introduction A.1 Designing your brew A.1.1 Volume. A.1.2 Designing the Grain Bill A.1.3 Hops A.1.4 Percent alcohol by volume (ABV) A.1.5 Color and SRM A.2 Misc - Strike water temperature Appendix B – R134a Refrigerant Data B.0 Introduction B.1 Saturated, organized by Temperature B.2 Saturated, organized by pressure B.3 Superheated Vapor Appendix C – Sensory Statistical Data C.0 Introduction C.1 Difference Testing Statistics

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Book SynopsisThis updated second edition of Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, presented in two volumes, covers both common and neglected bacterial pathogenic agents, highlighting the most effective methods for their identification and classification in the light of their specific epidemiology. New chapters have been included to add new species, as well as another view of how bacterial typing can be used. These books are valuable resources for the molecular typing of infectious disease agents encountered in both research and hospital clinical laboratory settings, as well as in culture collections and in the industry. Each of the 21 chapters provides an overview of specific molecular approaches to efficiently detect and type different bacterial pathogens. The chapters are grouped in five parts, covering respiratory and urogenital pathogens (Volume I), and gastrointestinal and healthcare-associated pathogens, as well as a new group of vector-borne and Biosafety level 3 pathogens including a description of typing methods used in the traditional microbiology laboratory in comparison to molecular methods of epidemiology (Volume II). Comprehensive and updated, Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections provides state-of-the-art methods for accurate diagnosis and for the correct classification of different types which will prove to be critical in unravelling the transmission routes of human pathogens.Table of Contents1. Campylobacter Sophie J. Hedges and Frances M. Colles2. Clostridioides difficile Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira and Gerly Anne de Castro Brito3. CronobacterMarcelo L. L. Brandão and Stephan Forsythe4. Oral and Intestinal Bacteroidetes Marina C. Claros, Zaida C. Claros, Sareh Said Yekta-Michael, and Georg Conrads5. Vibrio choleraeThandavarayan Ramamurthy, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Bhabatosh Das, Ranjan K. Nandy, Ankur Mutreja, and G. Balakrish Nair6. Acinetobacter baumanniiDennis Nurjadi and Sébastien Boutin7. EnterococcusLúcia M. Teixeira, Adriana R. Faria, Stephanie S. R. Souza and Vânia Lúcia C. Merquior8. Pseudomonas aeruginosaJunyan Liu, Ruirui Xu, Zerong Lu and Zhenbo Xu9. StaphylococciJoAnn M. McClure and Kunyan Zhang10. BartonellaceaeJoaquim Ruiz, Cláudia Gomes and Maria J.Pons11. BrucellaRoland T. Ashford and Adrian M. Whatmore12. Coxiella burnetiiDimitrios Frangoulidis, Mathias C. Walter, Akinyemi M. Fasemore and Sally J. Cutler

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Book SynopsisThis updated second edition of Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, presented in two volumes, covers both common and neglected bacterial pathogenic agents, highlighting the most effective methods for their identification and classification in the light of their specific epidemiology. New chapters have been included to add new species, as well as another view of how bacterial typing can be used. These books are valuable resources for the molecular typing of infectious disease agents encountered in both research and hospital clinical laboratory settings, as well as in culture collections and in the industry. Each of the 21 chapters provides an overview of specific molecular approaches to efficiently detect and type different bacterial pathogens. The chapters are grouped in five parts, covering respiratory and urogenital pathogens (Volume I), and gastrointestinal and healthcare-associated pathogens, as well as a new group of vector-borne and Biosafety level 3 pathogens including a description of typing methods used in the traditional microbiology laboratory in comparison to molecular methods of epidemiology (Volume II). Comprehensive and updated, Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections provides state-of-the-art methods for accurate diagnosis and for the correct classification of different types which will prove to be critical in unravelling the transmission routes of human pathogens.Table of Contents1. Campylobacter Sophie J. Hedges and Frances M. Colles2. Clostridioides difficile Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira and Gerly Anne de Castro Brito3. CronobacterMarcelo L. L. Brandão and Stephan Forsythe4. Oral and Intestinal Bacteroidetes Marina C. Claros, Zaida C. Claros, Sareh Said Yekta-Michael, and Georg Conrads5. Vibrio choleraeThandavarayan Ramamurthy, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Bhabatosh Das, Ranjan K. Nandy, Ankur Mutreja, and G. Balakrish Nair6. Acinetobacter baumanniiDennis Nurjadi and Sébastien Boutin7. EnterococcusLúcia M. Teixeira, Adriana R. Faria, Stephanie S. R. Souza and Vânia Lúcia C. Merquior8. Pseudomonas aeruginosaJunyan Liu, Ruirui Xu, Zerong Lu and Zhenbo Xu9. StaphylococciJoAnn M. McClure and Kunyan Zhang10. BartonellaceaeJoaquim Ruiz, Cláudia Gomes and Maria J.Pons11. BrucellaRoland T. Ashford and Adrian M. Whatmore12. Coxiella burnetiiDimitrios Frangoulidis, Mathias C. Walter, Akinyemi M. Fasemore and Sally J. Cutler

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the current knowledge of the globally circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, highlights their distinct genetic characteristics and associated conformational changes in the viral spike protein, and profoundly discusses the mechanisms of convergent evolution that led to the rise of these mutated strains at different geographic regions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the book explores how these variants do and may impact the efficacy of established neutralizing antibody-based (nAb) vaccines and therapeutics by analysing latest in vivo and in vitro clinical data. Finally, the author discusses ways on how nAb Covid-19 treatment derived immune escape of SARS-CoV-2 could be minimized in the future.Table of ContentsWhy the Spike protein is relevant for COVID19 therapeutics Whole genome mutation rates Phylogenetic systems Mechanism of immune escape: single nucleotide mutations, insertion/deletions, and recombination. Spike protein mutations detected in currently circulating strains. SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.298 B.1.1.7 (alpha) B.1.351 (beta) B.1.1.28- and B.1.1.33-derived Brazilian variants (including gamma and zeta) B.1.525 (eta) B.1.526 (iota) B.1.427/B.1.429 (epsilon) B.1.617-derived variants (including kappa and delta) B.1.617.1 Delta VOC C.37 (lambda) P.3 (theta) Other variants under monitoring (VUM) Which strain will finally become dominant? SARS-CoV-2 variants characterization Predicting the functional consequences of mutations Efficacy of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants Selective pressures exerted by antibody-based therapeutics

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: The Biofilm Blueprint: Exopolysaccharide Form and Function in Bacterial Biofilms.- Chapter 2: Nucleic acids in the biofilm matrix.- Chapter 3: The Matrix Proteome: Protein Actors in the Extracellular Bacterial Biofilm. Chapter 4: Functional amyloids as key biofilm matrix components. Chapter 5: Structures of fibrillar adhesins that mediate bacteria-host interactions and biofilm formation. Chapter 6: The role of matrix components in multispecies coexistence in biofilms. Chapter 7: Cellulose and cellulose secretion in bacterial biofilms. Chapter 8: Viscoelasticity of the biofilm matrix. Chapter 9: Unraveling the biofilm matrix for targeted treatment strategies. Chapter 10: Unraveling the complexity: Biofilms and their interaction with myeloid immune cell. Chapter 11: Biofilm Dispersion and the Matrix. Chapter 12: Experimental approaches for studying the biofilm matrix.

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Book SynopsisPart I: Trypanosomatids.- Deployment Of Amplicon-Based Sequencing Platforms Using Oxford Nanopore Technologies For The Detection And Surveillance Of Trypanosomatids.- Proteomics Of Leishmania Parasites.- Decoding Chagas Disease: What Next-Generation Sequencing Has Taught Us.- Crispr-Cas In Parasites: Advances And Challenges In The Study Of Neglected Tropical Diseases.- Part Ii: Intestinal Parasites.- Blastocystomics.- Where Is Cryptosporidium Population Genomics Going Next The Challenge And The Promise.- Deep Sequencing Applications For Intestinal Parasite Detection And Differentiation.- Part Iii: Apicomplexans.- Advances In Toxoplasma Functional Genomics.- Toxoplasma Gondii's Endo-Symbionts: An Insight Into Their Genomic Secrets.- Cyclospora Comparative Genomics.- An Overview Of Babesia Species Biology Based On Omics Studies.- Part Iv: Helminths.- From Genes To Worms: A Deep Dive Into Helminth Omics.- Understanding The Extracellular Vesicles In Helminths.- Recent Advances In Parasitomics: Omics In The Study Of Ascariasis.- Part V: Vectors.- Genomics Of Triatominae, The Chagas Disease Vectors.- Studying The Interactions Between Microbiomes And Leishmania Parasites In Sandflies: A Source Of New Targets For Pathogen Control.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction of the genome biology of cyanobacteria.- Cyanobacterial species of industrial, environmental, and food importance.- Cyanobacterial metabolic pathways of industrial interests.- Metabolic pathway engineering in cyanobacteria for biohydrogen production.-  Metabolic pathway engineering in cyanobacteria for environmental applications.-  Microalgae and cyanobacteria-derived food and feed products.- Microalgae and cyanobacteria for resource conservation, recycling, and preservation.- Cyanobacteria-based carbon capture and storage.- Cyanobacterial biomass as a feedstock for biochemicals.- Bioprocessing of the wastewater-grown cyanobacterial biomass to non-food bioproducts.- Bioprocessing of the wastewater-grown cyanobacterial biomass to biofertilizers.- Cyanobacteria for the global space biology program; challenges and opportunities.

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Book SynopsisPart 1: Fundamentals of Oral Biofilm Formation.- Chapter 1: The Biofilm Microenvironment: Structure & Function.- Chapter 2:  Coping with Stress in Bacterial Communities: Heterogeneity of Stress Responses and Methods for Mapping Them.- Chapter 3: The Oral Biofilm Microenvironment.- Chapter 4: Pellicle, Adhesion and Early Colonization.- Chapter 5: The extracellular matrix: A scaffold for microbial community assembly and function.- Chapter 6: Molecular, Cellular and Ecological Aspects of Dental Biofilm Development.- Chapter 7: The oral mucosa-fungi interactome. Part 2: Oral Biofilm-Related Diseases.- Chapter 8: Cariogenic biofilms.- Chapter 9: Endodontic biofilms.- Chapter 10: Microbial Biofilms and Pathobiology of Gingivitis and Periodontitis.- Chapter 11: Subgingival ecology of the periodontal pocket.- Chapter 12: Implant related biofilms.- Part 3: Studying Biofilms in vitro or ex vivo.- Chapter 13: Molecular tools for oral biofilm analyses.- Chapter 14: Single, dual species, synthetic community oral biofilm models: New insight provided by biofilm research on the role of bacteriophage and Candidate Phyla Radiation group, as well as community level dynamics.- Chapter 15: Multispecies oral biofilm models.- Chapter 16: Role of saliva in oral biofilm models.- Chapter 17: Preclinical models and methodologies to study biofilms associated with dental caries.- Chapter 18: Models to study interactions between host and oral biofilms.- Part 4: Clinical Studies on Oral biofilms.- Chapter 19: Cohort, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies (Caries related).- Chapter 20: Cohort, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies (Periodontits related).- Chapter 21: Fundamentals of Omics Applications in the Study of Common Oral Diseases.- Chapter 22: Ecological modulation of oral biofilms: novel approaches to treat and prevent oral diseases.- Chapter 23: Innovative, non-antibiotic-based approaches to oral biofilm-related diseases.- Part 5: Future Perspectives.- Chapter 24: The future of oral biofilms research.

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Book SynopsisSection 1: Metagenomics and Molecular Biology in Watershed Microbial Community Studies.- Viral Metagenomics: Assessing Potential Sources of Fecal Contamination in Watershed Systems.- Evaluation of Microbial Community Assembly and Their Interactions with Riverine and Anthropogenic DOM Under Different Urbanization Levels.- Microbial Biodiversity of Man-made Water Features.- Microbial Communities in the Sediments of Rift Lake Baikal and Their role in Diagenesis Processes.- Water Quality and Bacterial Community Characteristics of Lakes and Reservoirs with Different Land-use Types.- Interactions between the Microbiome, Virome and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Tropical Urban Catchments.- Section 2: Urban Development and the Occurrence and Persistence of Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Source tracking Technologies.- Quanti-Tray-based Amplicon Sequencing (QT-AMP) Application for Fecal Indicator Bacteria Identification after Hurricane Ian.- A Review of Metal and Antibiotic Resistance of Microbial Strains and Their Bioremediation Ability.- Aquatic Environmental Influence on Antimicrobial Resistance in Various Water Sources: A Hydrological Perspective.- Diverse Aminoglycoside Gene Cassettes (aadA1, aadB, and aacA4) in Class 1 Integrons in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Three Urban Watersheds.- Anthropogenic Environments and Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics: A general Overview of a Complex Network.- Integrated Approaches to Tracking Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Ecosystems.- Section 3: Advances in Biological Monitoring and Modelling in Urban Watersheds and Community Science Monitoring.- Remote Sensing and Drivers of Harmful Cyanobacterial Algal Blooms in Freshwater Reservoirs.- Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Water Quality in Brazilian Semi-Arid Reservoirs using AlgaeMAp.- Satellite for Probing Aquatic Microbiological Processes: A Review.- Remote Sensing for Freshwater Quality Assessment: Current Developments and Future Trends.- Recent Advances in Watershed-scale Modeling of Microbial Fate and Transport.- Citizen Science Monitoring of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae).- Section 4: Microbial Response Indicators of Water quality, and Aquatic Ecosystems Change.- Threats of Cyanotoxins in a Changing Climate – A Review of Environmental Persistence and Health Effects.- Enzymatic Responses of Freshwater Microbial Communities to Fecal and Chemical Pollution.- Cyanobacterial Blooms and Associated Hydrogen Peroxide Dynamics.- Impacts of Environmental Regime Changes on Benthic Biofilm Community.- Metabolic Function and Carbon Utilization in Microbial Communities of Surface Waters and Sediments in Urban River and Lake Watersheds.- Biodiversity Indicators for Wetland Condition Assessment and Monitoring.- Exploring Microbial Response Indicators to Environmental Disturbances in Freshwater Ecosystems.- Assessing links between climate change indicators and algal occurrence in contemporary ecosystems.- Section 5: Regional and Country-Specific Perspectives on Urban Watershed Health Worldwide.- Nitrogen Cycling Processes and Their Microbial-driven Mechanisms in Major Watersheds of China.- Anthropogenic Changes in the Microbiological and Hydrochemical Water Quality of Southern Baikal tributaries (East Siberia).- From Waste to Water Quality: How Human Activities is Shaping Lake Victoria's Microbiome and Ecosystem Health.- Influence of Hydrometeorological Events on Lake Turbidity in Southern Chile.- Public Health at the Intersection of Climate Change and Faecal Contamination: An example from the shores of Vembanad Lake.- The Philippine Environmental Microbiological Water Quality Criteria: History and Current Directions.- Watershed Ecosystem Services of Chittagong Hill Districts, Bangladesh: Challenges and A Way Forward.- Section 6: Emerging contaminants and Bioremediation Strategies.- Ecological Factors Influencing the Biodegradation of Steroid Estrogens in Water Columns: The Interplay of Microbes and Natural Organic Matter.- Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Freshwater Environments: A Minireview.- Microbiology of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes Treating Purified Terephthalic Acid and Related Aromatic Compounds.- Biodegradation Potential of Urban Watershed Bacteria for Remediation Across an Array of Organic Contaminants.- Biosorption Dynamics in Bi-Metal solutions by  Bacterial Strains Isolated from an Urban Watershed.- Metal-Microbe Interactions in Urban Watersheds: A Study of Siderophore Production.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Oral Candidiasis.- Chapter 2: Cross Kingdom communication The interplay between Candida albicans and Streptococcus mutans.- Chapter 3: The Formation and Prevention of Biofilms on Airway Management Devices.- Chapter 4: Exploring the Oral Mycobiome Biofilms and Inter Kingdom Interactions in Health and Disease.- Chapter 5: Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Pathophysiology, the role of biofilms, and emerging therapeutics.- Chapter 6: Prevalence and influence of fungal biofilm in wound infections.- Chapter 7: Candida auris implications for infection prevention and control in the management of this resilient biofilm former.- Chapter 8: Composition and Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Fungal Biofilm Drug Resistance.- Chapter 9: Fungal Biofilm Dispersal.- Chapter 10: Candida biofilms and Immunity.- Chapter 11: Novel therapeutic approaches to control fungal biofilms.- Chapter 12: Large Scale Phenotypic Screenings of Repurposing Libraries to Identify Drugs with Novel Antifungal Activity against Candida Biofilms.- Chapter 13: Aspergillus Biofilms.- Chapter 14: Assays to interrogate Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm fitness.- Chapter 15: Implications of fungal biofilms in microbial keratitis.

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Book SynopsisPart I, Chapter 1. Microbial life in extreme habitats.- Part II Chapter 2. Mechanisms of thermotolerance and thermotolerant yeasts properties and applications.- Chapter 3. Psychrophilic and psychrotolerant yeasts.- Chapter 4. Halophilic and halotolerant yeasts. - Chapter 5. Osmotolerant and osmophilic yeasts.- Chapter 6. Yeasts at extreme pH conditions.- Chapter 7. Piezophilic and piezotolerant yeasts.- Chapter 8. Metallotolerant yeasts.- Chapter 9. Oxidative stress tolerating yeasts.- Part III, Chapter 10. Yeast in extreme foods.- Chapter 11. Biotechnological applications of yeasts under extreme conditions.

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Book SynopsisOverview.- Evolutionary history and taxonomy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: From origins to modern classifications.- AMF’s main structures.- Spores: a special tool to survive.- Glomeromycota classification.

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Book SynopsisSection 4: Microbial Response Indicators of Water quality, and Aquatic Ecosystems Change.- Threats of Cyanotoxins in a Changing Climate A Review of Environmental Persistence and Health Effects.- Enzymatic Responses of Freshwater Microbial Communities to Fecal and Chemical Pollution.- Cyanobacterial Blooms and Associated Hydrogen Peroxide Dynamics.- Impacts of Environmental Regime Changes on Benthic Biofilm Community.- Metabolic Function and Carbon Utilization in Microbial Communities of Surface Waters and Sediments in Urban River and Lake Watersheds.- Biodiversity Indicators for Wetland Condition Assessment and Monitoring.- Exploring Microbial Response Indicators to Environmental Disturbances in Freshwater Ecosystems.- Assessing links between climate change indicators and algal occurrence in contemporary ecosystems.- Section 5: Regional and Country-Specific Perspectives on Urban Watershed Health Worldwide.- Nitrogen Cycling Processes and Their Microbial-driven Mechanisms in Major Watersheds of China.- Anthropogenic Changes in the Microbiological and Hydrochemical Water Quality of Southern Baikal tributaries (East Siberia).- From Waste to Water Quality: How Human Activities is Shaping Lake Victoria's Microbiome and Ecosystem Health.- Influence of Hydrometeorological Events on Lake Turbidity in Southern Chile.- Public Health at the Intersection of Climate Change and Faecal Contamination: An example from the shores of Vembanad Lake.- The Philippine Environmental Microbiological Water Quality Criteria: History and Current Directions.- Watershed Ecosystem Services of Chittagong Hill Districts, Bangladesh: Challenges and A Way Forward.- Section 6: Emerging contaminants and Bioremediation Strategies.- Ecological Factors Influencing the Biodegradation of Steroid Estrogens in Water Columns: The Interplay of Microbes and Natural Organic Matter.- Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Freshwater Environments: A Minireview.- Microbiology of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Processes Treating Purified Terephthalic Acid and Related Aromatic Compounds.- Biodegradation Potential of Urban Watershed Bacteria for Remediation Across an Array of Organic Contaminants.- Biosorption Dynamics in Bi-Metal solutions byBacterial Strains Isolated from an Urban Watershed.- Metal-Microbe Interactions in Urban Watersheds: A Study of Siderophore Production.

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Book Synopsis.- Disease Suppressive Rice Soils in The United States and Their Importance to Crop Production..- Cocoyam Root Rot Disease Caused by Pythium Myriotylum: Etiology, Epidemiology and Management..- Management of Verticillium Wilt Based on Disease Suppressive Soils and Organic Amendments..- Banana Disease Suppressive Soils and Mitigation of Panama Disease in China..- Development of Disease Suppressive Rice Soils that Improve Rice Yields in Southern India..- Suppressive Soils for the Management of Basal Stem Rot Disease of Oil Palm..- Rhizobacterial-plant interactions: conferring to plant growth under drought and salinity stress..- Soil-Inhabiting Beneficial Fungi for Plant Growth-Promotion and Crop Protection Against Environmental Stresses in Iran..- Research on Disease Suppressive Soils of Brazil..- Microbiomes in Disease Suppressive Soils and its implications on plant Pathogens.

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