Advances in applied microbiology /
Advances in Applied Microbiology offers intensive reviews of the latest techniques and discoveries in this rapidly moving field. The editors are recognized experts and the format is comprehensive and instructive. This volume contains 12 comprehensive reviews, including: Uses of Trichoderma spp. to a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Academic Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Advances in applied microbiology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Advances in Applied Microbiology; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Potential and Opportunities for Use of Recombinant Lactic Acid Bacteria in Human Health; I. Introduction; II. Use of Recombinant LAB to Prevent Infectious Diseases; III. Potential for Immune Modulation of Type I Allergy Using Recombinant LAB; IV. Opportunities for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Using Recombinant LAB; V. LAB as Cell Factories for the Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Proteins; VI. Engineering LAB for Their Safe Use in Humans
- VII. Opportunities and Potential Applications of Future ResearchVIII. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2. Novel Aspects of Signaling in Streptomyces Development; I. Introduction; II. Aspects of Vegetative Growth and Liquid Cultivation of Streptomycetes; III. The Switch to Development; IV. Novel Genes in Development; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Polysaccharide Breakdown by Anaerobic Microorganisms Inhabiting the Mammalian Gut; I. Introduction: Role of Gut Microbial Fermentation in Nutrition; II. Microbial Diversity and Interactions Within Gut Ecosystems
- III. Strategies for Polysaccharide Utilization by Gut AnaerobesIV. Applications; V. Conclusions and Future Prospects; References; Chapter 4. Lincosamides: Chemical Structure, Biosynthesis, Mechanism of Action, Resistance, and Applications; I. Introduction; II. Chemical Structure of Lincosamides and Cultivation of Production Strains; III. Lincomycin Biosynthetic Pathway; IV. Genetic Control of Lincomycin Biosynthesis; V. Mechanism of Action; VI. Resistance Against Lincosamides; VII. Biological Activity and Applications; VIII. Gram-Positive Bacteria; IX. Gram-Negative Bacteria
- X. Anaerobic BacteriaXI. Protozoa and Other Organisms; XII. Conclusion and Future Prospects; References; Chapter 5. Ribosome Engineering and Secondary Metabolite Production; I. Introduction; II. General Method for Obtaining Drug-Resistant Mutants; III. Antibiotic Overproduction by rpsL (Ribosomal Protein S12) Mutations; IV. Antibiotic Overproduction by rpoB (RNA Polymerase) Mutations; V. Effect of str and rpoB Mutations in Various Bacteria; VI. Increase of Chemical Tolerance in Pseudomonas; VII. Combined Drug-Resistance Mutations; VIII. Conclusion and Future Prospects; References
- Chapter 6. Developments in Microbial Methods for the Treatment of Dye EffuentsI. Introduction; II. Conventional Methods; III. Microbial Methods; IV. Enzymatic Methods; V. Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Extracellular Glycosyl Hydrolases from Clostridia; I. Introduction; II. Modular Structure of the Enzymes; III. Function of Noncatalytic Modules; IV. Characterization of Enzyme Systems; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 8. Kernel Knowledge: Smut of Corn; I. Introduction; II. The Fungal Saprophyte; III. The Fungal Pathogen; IV. The Host Reaction; V. Conclusions; References