New developments in blue biotechnology and environmental pollution assessment / Ahmed El Nemr, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

EL Nemr, Ahmed.

Series:

Environmental research advances series.

Environmental Research Advances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Research.

Biotechnology.

Marine biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (665 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""New Developments in Blue Biotechnology and Environmental Pollution Assessment"" is a compilation of current research, developments and applications into the many aspects of marine biotechnology. This book includes novel and innovative works that contribute to the achievements of blue biotechnology research, and which focus on the world's oceans as the next frontier for intensive biological investigation, resource development and management, and derivative industrial applications.

Contents:

""NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ASSESSMENT""; ""NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ASSESSMENT""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Section 1: Natural Products""; ""Chapter 1: The Medicinal Potential of Promising Marine Organisms: A Review""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Method for Marine Proteomics""; ""3. Why Are Marine Organisms Useful for Medicinal Chemistry?""; ""4. Marine Organisms for Drugs and New Insights into Human Disease""

""5. The Promising Applications of Corals for Drug Discovery""""6. Current Status of Medicine from the Sea""; ""7. A Promising Future for Marine Organisms in Drug Discovery?""; ""Concluding Remarks and Outlook""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Isolation of Holothurin B from Sea Cucumber Holothuria Arenicola Collected from Alexandria Coast, Egypt""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Material and Methods""; ""3. Results and Discussion""; ""4. Discussion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Cloning of PII �Like Gene and Purification of PII Protein from Nitrogen�Fixing Paenibacillus Polymyxa""

""Abstract""""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results and Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Prediction of Interaction of Gymnemagenol and Dasyscyphin C with Cancer Drug Target Proteins by In Silico Molecular Docking Studies""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results and Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Preliminary Studies on Biopolymer, Phytochemicals and Antimicrobials Extracted from Selected Marine Microalgae""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""

""1. Material and Methods""""2. Results and Discussions""; ""References""; ""Section 2: Antimicrobial Activity""; ""Chapter 6: Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Potential of Alkalophilic Streptomyces VITSVK5 Spp""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results and Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Differential Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides in Penaeus monodon in Response to the Administration of Marine Yeasts/Î? Glucans and White Spot Virus Challenge""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results""

""4. Discussion and Conclusion""""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Antimicrobial Peptides from the Indian White Shrimp, Fenneropenaeus indicus: Isolation and In Vitro Activity Profile""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results and Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Antibacterial Activity of Some Red Sea Soft Corals, Egypt""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Materials and Methods""; ""3. Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 10: Carotenoid Producing Salinicoccus sp. NS1: A Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from Sea Anemone Anthopleura sp.""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 12, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-139-2