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Microbial Genomics: Clinical, Pharmaceutical, and Industrial Applications
1st Edition - February 1, 2024
Editors: Huseyin Tombuloglu, Amal Mahmoud
Paperback ISBN:
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Microbial Genomics: Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Industrial Applications focuses on the various applications of microbial genomics in clinical, pharmaceutical, and industrial… Read more
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Microbial Genomics: Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Industrial Applications focuses on the various applications of microbial genomics in clinical, pharmaceutical, and industrial fields. The book consists of four parts devoted to bacterial, viral, and fungal genomics, as well as their applications in clinical, pharmaceutical, and industrial fields. Chapters are written by experts in their respective disciplines and are tightly organized with an introduction to detailed descriptions, available software implementation, applications, advanced topics, summaries, analytic questions, exercises, and suggested readings. Throughout this book, the latest genomics and biotechnological developments and discoveries as well as open problems and future challenges on microbial genomics are highlighted. Readers will be introduced to state-of-the-art developments and trends of microbial genomics, its clinical, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications.
- Presents the recent genomic developments in the industrial applications of microorganisms
- Summarizes recent developments in microbial genomics, emphasizing the role of next-generation sequencing in functional genomics
- Focus on how transcriptomics can help better understand host responses to pathogen infection
- Describes applications of genomics in clinical microbiology
1. Introduction to microbial genomics
2. Viral Genomics
3. Bacterial Genomics
4. Fungal Genomics
5. Introduction to genomics-based clinical applications
6. Viral identification and diagnosis
7. Bacterial identification and diagnosis
8. Fungal identification and diagnosis
9. Introduction to genomics-based pharmaceutical applications
10. Potential targets for anti-viral drugs
11. Discovery and development of new antibacterial drugs
12. Potential targets for the development of new antifungal drugs
13. Introduction to genomics-based industrial applications
14. Bacteriophage technology-based applications for bacteria control
15. Synthetic genomics and genome reengineering practices
16. Biotechnological applications of functional metagenomics in the food industry
17. Advances in Fungal biotechnology for Industry
- No. of pages: 350
- Language: English
- Published: February 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443188664
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Huseyin Tombuloglu
Huseyin Tombuloglu (PhD) is Associate Professor at Institute of Research and Medical Consultation (IRMC) of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He received his BSc. degree in 2007 (Molecular Biology and Genetics), and also he studied in University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He obtained MS degree (Biology) in 2010 and PhD degree (Biotechnology) in 2014. He became Assistant Professor in 2014, and Associate Professor in 2018. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Genomics, and Biotechnology, as well as Bioinformatics. His current research is focused on nanoparticle-plant interaction. He has published more than 60 internationally indexed articles. Among those, about 20 recent articles are related with nanoparticle and plant interactions at molecular and physiological levels. He is the co-editor of two international books published by Springer. (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319317014; https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030704193).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), University of Dammam, Saudi ArabiaAM
Amal Mahmoud
Amal Mahmoud wors in the Department of Biology at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisa in Saudia Arabia.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisa, Saudia Arabia