Advances in Applied Microbiology
- 1st Edition, Volume 61 - April 19, 2007
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Allen I. Laskin, Sima Sariaslani, Geoffrey M. Gadd
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 0 2 6 6 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 8 8 1 3 - 4
Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in Microbiology. The series contains compre… Read more
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Request a sales quotePublished since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in Microbiology. The series contains comprehensive reviews of the most current research in applied microbiology. Recent areas covered include bacterial diversity in the human gut, protozoan grazing of freshwater biofilms, metals in yeast fermentation processes and the interpretation of host-pathogen dialogue through microarrays. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics including Archaea and “Sick Building Syndrome”. Impact factor for 2003: 1.893
Researchers in applied microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, biotechnology, biochemistry
- Unusual Two-Component Signal Transduction Pathways in the Actinobacteria
- I Introduction
- II Unusual Two-Component Systems in Actinobacteria
- III Orphan Two-Component Proteins
- IV Conclusions and Perspectives
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Acyl-HSL Signal Decay: Intrinsic to Bacterial Cell–Cell Communications
- I Introduction
- II Acyl-HSL-Degrading Organisms, Enzymes, and Homologues
- III Mechanisms of Acyl-HSL Degradation
- IV Specificity of Acyl-HSL-Degrading Enzymes
- V Acyl-HSL Stability in Natural Environments
- VI Coevolution of Quorum-Sensing Bacteria with Hosts and Acyl-HSL-Degrading Bacteria
- VII Conclusions
- Microbial Exoenzyme Production in Food
- I Introduction
- II Structure and Function of Exoenzymes
- III Classification of Enzymes
- IV Enzyme Synthesis
- V Enzyme Activity
- VI Conclusion and Future Prospects
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Biogenetic Diversity of Cyanobacterial Metabolites
- I Introduction
- II Major Biosynthetic Routes in Cyanobacteria
- III Polyketides
- IV Cyanopeptides
- V Alkaloids
- VI Isoprenoids
- VII Other Cyanobacterial Metabolites
- Pathways to Discovering New Microbial Metabolism for Functional Genomics and Biotechnology
- I Introduction
- II Defining the Hypothesis That Most Metabolic Reactions Are Yet to be Discovered
- III Organization of Existing Metabolic Information
- IV Approaches for New Discovery
- V Newly Discovered Microbial Metabolism
- VI Significance of New Discoveries in Novel Functional Group Metabolism
- VII Use of Recently Discovered Biocatalysis Industrially
- Biocatalysis by Dehalogenating Enzymes
- I Introduction
- II Halocarboxylic Acid Dehalogenases
- III Haloalkane Dehalogenases
- IV Halohydrin Dehalogenases
- V Conclusions
- Lipases from Extremophiles and Potential for Industrial Applications
- I Introduction
- II Lipases from Extreme Microorganisms
- III Improving Lipases for Efficient Applications
- IV Regio- and Stereospecificity of Lipases
- V Applications of Lipases
- VI Conclusions
- In Situ Bioremediation
- I Introduction
- II Unsaturated Zone Treatment Methods
- III Saturated Zone Treatment Methods
- IV Use of Inocula
- V Monitoring Methods
- VI Conclusions and Future Prospects
- Acknowledgment
- Bacterial Cycling of Methyl Halides
- I Introduction
- II Methyl Halide-Degrading Organisms
- III Biochemistry and Genetics of Methyl Halide Degradation
- IV Microbial Ecology of Methyl Halide-Degrading Bacteria
- V Potential Applications for Bioremediation Using Methyl Halide-Oxidizing Bacteria
- VI Outlook
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 61
- Published: April 19, 2007
- No. of pages (eBook): 392
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780120026630
- eBook ISBN: 9780080488134
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Allen I. Laskin
Affiliations and expertise
Ethigen Corporation, Somerset, NJ, USASS
Sima Sariaslani
Sima Sariaslani - PhD in microbial Biochemistry - UK. Professor of microbiology/biochemistry - Iran
Research at Univ. of Calif, Riverside - US. Research at Univ. of Iowa - US. Research at DuPont Central Research and Development - US
Intellectual property - DuPont - US
Affiliations and expertise
DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE, USAGG
Geoffrey M. Gadd
Geoffrey Gadd is a Professor at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Dundee, Scotland, UKRead Advances in Applied Microbiology on ScienceDirect