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Advances in applied microbiology. Volume one hundred twenty five /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Gadd, Geoffrey M. (Editor), Sariaslani, Sima (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, MA] ; [San Diego, CA] ; [Oxford, United Kingdom] ; [London, United Kingdom] : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Microbiology.
Microbiologie.
microbiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Advances in Applied Microbiology
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter One: Encapsulins: Nanotechnology's future in a shell
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Protein-based organelles: a unique prokaryotic compartmentalization strategy
  • 1.2 Bacterial microcompartment-based biotechnological applications
  • 2 The biology of encapsulins
  • 2.1 The roles of encapsulins
  • 2.2 Diversity and classification of encapsulin systems
  • 2.3 Phylogenetic origin and evolution of encapsulins
  • 3 Encapsulin structure and assembly
  • 3.1 The shell protomer
  • 3.2 The loading and release of cargo
  • 3.3 The complete assembly
  • 4 Amenability of encapsulins to engineering
  • 5 Biotechnological applications of encapsulins
  • 5.1 Creation of encapsulin-based artificial bioreactors and metabolons
  • 6 Medical applications
  • 6.1 Nanoreactors for antimicrobial compound synthesis and storage
  • 6.2 Novel vaccination strategies
  • 6.3 Cancer therapeutics and drug delivery
  • 6.4 Imaging and diagnostics
  • 7 Engineering applications
  • 7.1 Synthesis of inorganic materials
  • 7.2 Electrical device development
  • 7.3 Biocompatible emulsifiers
  • 8 Environmental applications
  • 8.1 Bioremediation
  • 8.2 Crop enhancement
  • 9 Summary and outlook
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter Two: Manipulation of fungal cell wall integrity to improve production of fungal natural products
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Blocking the synthesis of cell wall polysaccharides to improve the production of NPs
  • 2.1 The biosynthetic pathways of cell wall polysaccharides
  • 2.2 Improving the production of NPs by interrupting the synthesis of glucan
  • 2.3 Improving the production of NPs by interrupting the synthesis of chitin
  • 2.4 Improving the production of NPs by interrupting the synthesis of GAG.
  • 3 Regulating the biosynthesis of cell wall binding-proteins to enhance the production of NPs
  • 4 Regulating the target genes related to the biosynthesis of cell wall to enhance the production of NPs
  • 4.1 Re-designing CWI signaling pathway to improve the synthesis of NPs
  • 4.2 Operating cell wall synthesis related genes to improve the synthesis of NPs
  • 5 Disrupting CWI by adding exogenous components to enhance the production of NPs
  • 6 Conclusions and perspectives
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conflict of interest
  • References
  • Chapter Three: Extraction and application of extracellular polymeric substances from fungi
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Characteristics of EPS
  • 2.1 Composition of EPS
  • 2.2 Structure of EPS
  • 3 Extraction of EPS from fungi
  • 3.1 Physical methods
  • 3.2 Chemical methods
  • 4 Applications of EPS
  • 4.1 EPS applications as adsorbent
  • 4.2 EPS as carbon source in ecosystem
  • 4.3 EPS applications in basic commodities
  • 4.3.1 EPS applications in food industry
  • 4.3.2 EPS applications in cosmetics industry
  • 4.4 EPS applications in medicine
  • 4.5 EPS applications in other fields
  • 5 Perspectives
  • Acknowledgements
  • Declaration of competing interest
  • References
  • Chapter Four: A critical review of the occurrence of scandium and yttrium in mushrooms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Scandium and yttrium in soils
  • 3 Scandium and yttrium content of mushrooms
  • 4 Considerations of dietary intake of Sc and Y from mushroom consumption
  • 5 Highlights
  • References
  • Back Cover.