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Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology
- 1st Edition - December 4, 2003
- Editor: Moselio Schaechter
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 2 1 3 6 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 2 4 6 - 1
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-t… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe 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, Second Edition
* Helpful resource in preparing for lectures, writing reports, or drafting grant applications
* A synthesis of the broadest topics from the comprehensive and multi-volumed Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Second Edition
* Helpful resource in preparing for lectures, writing reports, or drafting grant applications
Microbiologists in all fields, including those working in research, teaching, industry, and government.
Adhesion, Bacterial
Agrobacterium and Plant Cell Transformation
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Antifungal Agents
Antisense RNAs
Antiviral Agents
Archaea
Attenuation, Transcriptional
Bacillus subtilis, Genetics
Bacteriophages
Biocides: Nonpublic Health, Nonagricultural Antimicrobials
Biofilms and Biofouling
Biological Warfare
Bioluminescence, Microbial
Bioreactors
Bioremedation
Biosensors
Cell Membrane: Structure and Function
Cell Walls, Bacterial
Chemotaxis
Chromosome, Bacterial
Conjugation, Bacterial
Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (S Layers)
Culture Collections and Their Databases
Developmental Processes in Bacteria
Diversity, Microbial
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
DNA Restriction and Modification
DNA Sequencing and Genomics
Ecology, Microbial
Emerging Infections
Energy Transduction Processes
Enteropathogenic Bacteria
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Genetics
Exotoxins
Extremophiles
Fimbriae, Pili
Flagella
Foodborne Illnesses
Fungal Infections, Cutaneous
Fungal Infections, Systemic
Gastrointestinal Microbiology
Genetically Modified Organisms: Guidelines and Regulations for Research
Genomes, Mapping of Bacterial
Germfree Animal Techniques
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Pathogens
Gram-Negative Cocci, Pathogenic
Heat Stress
Horizontal Transfer of Genes Between Microorganisms
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Identification of Bacteria, Computerized
Industrial Fermentation Processes
Insects' Symbiotic Microorganisms
Iron Metabolism
Lipopolysaccharides
Methanogenesis
Methylotrophy
Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen Fixation
Nodule Formation in Legumes
Nutrition of Microorganisms
Oral Microbiology
Osmotic Stress
Outer Membrane, Gram-Negative Bacteria
Oxidative Stress
pH Stress
Plant Pathogens
Plasmids, Bacterial
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Prions
Protein Secretion
Quorum-Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Recombinant DNA, Basic Procedures
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Skin Microbiology
Soil Microbiology
SOS Response
Space Flight, Effects on Microorganisms
Sporulation
Starvation, Bacterial
Strain improvement
Sulfur Cycle
Transcriptional Regulation
Transduction: Host DNA Transfer by Bacteriophages
Transformation, Genetic
Transposable Elements
Two-Component Systems
Vaccines, Bacterial
Vaccines, Viral
Viruses
Viruses, Emerging
Yeasts
Agrobacterium and Plant Cell Transformation
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Antifungal Agents
Antisense RNAs
Antiviral Agents
Archaea
Attenuation, Transcriptional
Bacillus subtilis, Genetics
Bacteriophages
Biocides: Nonpublic Health, Nonagricultural Antimicrobials
Biofilms and Biofouling
Biological Warfare
Bioluminescence, Microbial
Bioreactors
Bioremedation
Biosensors
Cell Membrane: Structure and Function
Cell Walls, Bacterial
Chemotaxis
Chromosome, Bacterial
Conjugation, Bacterial
Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers (S Layers)
Culture Collections and Their Databases
Developmental Processes in Bacteria
Diversity, Microbial
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
DNA Restriction and Modification
DNA Sequencing and Genomics
Ecology, Microbial
Emerging Infections
Energy Transduction Processes
Enteropathogenic Bacteria
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Genetics
Exotoxins
Extremophiles
Fimbriae, Pili
Flagella
Foodborne Illnesses
Fungal Infections, Cutaneous
Fungal Infections, Systemic
Gastrointestinal Microbiology
Genetically Modified Organisms: Guidelines and Regulations for Research
Genomes, Mapping of Bacterial
Germfree Animal Techniques
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Pathogens
Gram-Negative Cocci, Pathogenic
Heat Stress
Horizontal Transfer of Genes Between Microorganisms
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Identification of Bacteria, Computerized
Industrial Fermentation Processes
Insects' Symbiotic Microorganisms
Iron Metabolism
Lipopolysaccharides
Methanogenesis
Methylotrophy
Nitrogen Cycle
Nitrogen Fixation
Nodule Formation in Legumes
Nutrition of Microorganisms
Oral Microbiology
Osmotic Stress
Outer Membrane, Gram-Negative Bacteria
Oxidative Stress
pH Stress
Plant Pathogens
Plasmids, Bacterial
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Prions
Protein Secretion
Quorum-Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Recombinant DNA, Basic Procedures
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Skin Microbiology
Soil Microbiology
SOS Response
Space Flight, Effects on Microorganisms
Sporulation
Starvation, Bacterial
Strain improvement
Sulfur Cycle
Transcriptional Regulation
Transduction: Host DNA Transfer by Bacteriophages
Transformation, Genetic
Transposable Elements
Two-Component Systems
Vaccines, Bacterial
Vaccines, Viral
Viruses
Viruses, Emerging
Yeasts
- No. of pages: 1152
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 4, 2003
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126213614
- eBook ISBN: 9780080472461
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Moselio Schaechter
Affiliations and expertise
San Diego State University, CA, USA