Thomas P. Bacteria and Viruses

11th ed. BD Diagnostic Systems. 1998. 860 p. Microbiology, through the study of bacteria, emerged as a defined branch of modern science as the result of the monumental and immortal research of Pasteur and Koch. In 1876, Robert Koch, for the first time in history, propagated a pathogenic bacterium in pure culture outside the host’s body. He not only established Bacillus anthracis as the etiological agent for anthrax in cattle, but he inaugurated...

InTech. 2011. 376 p. Preface Immobilization Using Biopolymers and Protection of the Environment The Art of Immobilization Using Biopolymers, Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology Polysaccharides from Wastes of Vegetable Industrial Processing: New Opportunities for Their Eco-Friendly Re-Use Conversion of Biomass into Bioplastics and Their Potential Environmental Impacts Natural Rubber Biosynthesis and Physic-Chemical Studies on Plant Derived Latex C...

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2005, Pages: 291 In Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function, and Drug Design, Wolfgang Fischer summarizes the current structural and functional knowledge of membrane proteins encoded by viruses. In addition, contributors to the book address questions about proteins as potential drug targets. The range of information covered includes signal proteins, ion channels, and fusion proteins. This book...

Taylor&Francis. 2002. 529 p. The widespread presence and activity of micro-organisms makes it impossible to study life sciences without some understanding of microorganisms. Human Microbiology provides a concise review of the biology of the three important groups of micro-organisms that infect humans: bacteria, viruses and fungi. Divided into two parts, it summarises the key features that characterise the physiology of microorganisms e.g. st...

Springer, 2012. - 278 p. - Bacterial infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. These infections always remained enigmatic due to initial reluctance of cancer researchers in understanding their etiologic potential. Etiological association of bacteria with cancer gained credibility after discovery of carcinogenic potential of Helicobacter pylori. Moreover, other suspected associations including Salmonella typhi and ga...

Cаmbridge Univеrsity Prеss : 2005, ISBN: 052182091X, 254 p. Bacterial toxins that act inside cells interact very specifically with key components of the cell and some even manipulate the cell in subtle ways for their own purposes. These potent toxins, described in this 2005 book, will be of interest to both microbiologists and cell biologists. Some of these toxins are conventional multidomain toxins that are self-programmed to enter cells. Others...

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTs, EC 2.4.1.19) from mesophilic, thermophilic, and halophilic bacteria and maltase (EC 3.2.1.20) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used for transglycosylation of ascorbic acid with starch, maltodextrin, cyclodextrin, and maltose. These compounds served as donors of glucosyl residues. CGT from thermophilic strains was shown to be the most potent in this respect (the degree of transglycosylation was a...

AP. 2009. 982 p. Microbial glycolipids, glycoproteins and glycopolymers Bacterial cell envelope peptidoglycan Core region and lipid A components of lipopolysaccharides O-Specific polysaccharides of Gram-negative bacteria Teichoic acids, lipoteichoic acids and related cell wall glycopolymers of Gram-positive bacteria Bacterial capsular polysaccharides and exopolysaccharides Bacterial surface layer glycoproteins and non-classical secondary cell wa...

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, 316 pages Insect Cell Cultures: Fundamental and Applied Aspects is a comprehensive reference work, covering the key issues involved in nearly 30 review papers: cell lines (development, characterisation, physiology, cultivation and medium design); viruses (virus-cell interactions, replication, recombinant construction, infection kinetics, post-translational modification and passage effects); engineering (shear,...