The desk encyclopedia of microbiology / editor, Moselio Schaechter ; consulting editor, Joshua Lederberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaechter, Moselio.

Lederberg, Joshua.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbiology--Encyclopedias.

Microbiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1176 p.)

Edition:

1st. ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology aims to provide an affordable and ready access to a large variety of microbiological topics within one set of covers. This handy desk-top reference brings together an outstanding collection of work by the top scientists in the field. Covering topics ranging from the basic science of microbiology to the current ""hot"" topics in the field.* Provides a broad, easily accessible perspective on a wide range of microbiological topics* A synthesis of the broadest topics from the comprehensive and multi-volumed Encyclopedia of Microbiology, S

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; General websites; 1. Adhesion, Bacterial; 2. Agrobacterium and plant cell transformation; 3. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria; 4. Antifungal agents; 5. Antisense RNAs; 6. Antiviral agents; 7. Archaea; 8. Attenuation, Transcriptional; 9. Bacillus subtilis, Genetics; 10. Bacteriophages; 11. Biocides (Nonpublic health, Nonagricultural antimicrobials); 12. Biofilms and biofouling; 13. Biological warfare; 14. Bioluminescence, Microbial; 15. Bioreactors; 16. Bioremediation; 17. Biosensors; 18. Cell membrane: structure and function; 19. Cell Walls, Bacterial

20. Chemotaxis21. Chromosome, Bacterial; 22. Conjugation, Bacterial; 23. Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S layers); 24. Culture collections and their databases; 25. Developmental processes in bacteria; 26. Diversity, Microbial; 27. DNA repair; 28. DNA replication; 29. DNA restriction and modification; 30. DNA sequencing and genomics; 31. Ecology, Microbial; 32. Emerging infections; 33. Energy transduction processes: from respiration to photosynthesis; 34. Enteropathogenic bacteria; 35. Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Genetics; 36. Exotoxins; 37. Extremophiles; 38. Fimbriae, Pili

39. Flagella40. Food-borne illnesses; 41. Fungal infections, Cutaneous; 42. Fungal infections, Systemic; 43. Gastrointestinal microbiology; 44. Genetically modified organisms: guidelines and regulations for research; 45. Genomes, Mapping of Bacterial; 46. Germ-free animal techniques; 47. Gram-negative anaerobic pathogens; 48. Gram-negative cocci, Pathogenic; 49. Heat stress; 50. Horizontal transfer of genes between microorganisms; 51. Human immunodeficiency virus; 52. Identification of bacteria, Computerized; 53. Industrial fermentation processes; 54. Insect's symbiotic microorganisms

55. Iron metabolism56. Lipopolysaccharides; 57. Methanogenesis; 58. Methylotrophy; 59. Nitrogen cycle; 60. Nitrogen fixation; 61. Nodule formation in legumes; 62. Nutrition of microorganisms; 63. Oral microbiology; 64. Osmotic stress; 65. Outer membrane, Gram-negative bacteria; 66. Oxidative stress; 67. pH Stress; 68. Plant pathogens; 69. Plasmids, Bacterial; 70. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); 71. Prions; 72. Protein secretion; 73. Quorum sensing in gram-negative bacteria; 74. Recombinant DNA, Basic procedures; 75. Sexually transmitted diseases; 76. Skin microbiology; 77. Soil microbiology

78. SOS response79. Space flight, effects on microorganisms; 80. Sporulation; 81. Starvation, Bacterial; 82. Strain improvement; 83. Sulfur cycle; 84. Transcriptional regulation in prokaryotes; 85. Transduction: host DNA transfer by bacteriophages; 86. Transformation, Genetic; 87. Transposable elements; 88. Two-component systems; 89. Vaccines, Bacterial; 90. Vaccines, Viral; 91. Viruses; 92. Viruses, Emerging; 93. Yeasts; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-96697-1

9786610966974

0-08-047246-X

OCLC:

437176991