Oceans and Health:: Pathogens in the Marine Environment

Oceans and Health:: Pathogens in the Marine Environment
by Shimshon S. Belkin (Editor), Rita R. Colwell (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 464 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 30, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0387237089

Book Description
The release of non-disinfected wastewaters into the marine environment is a common worldwide practice, in under-developed as well as in highly developed countries. Consequently, the seas are constantly infused with wastewater bacteria, among them highly pathogenic ones.
In view of the public health significance of this phenomenon, it is surprising how little is actually known concerning the fate of such bacteria once they enter the sea. While numerous studies have addressed the effects of various environmental parameters on colony formation, many of them actually ignore the fact that bacteria can retain viability and infectivity while losing colony-forming ability.
Only in recent years have efforts also been directed at unraveling the mechanisms determining bacterial sensitivity or survival under these conditions. This, therefore, is one subject of Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment: the survival, infectivity, pathogenicity and viability of enteric bacteria in the sea. Chapters also detail the public health aspects of wastewater release, civil engineering and economic considerations, other sources of pathogens, and much more.

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Immunochemical Protocols

Immunochemical Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)
by Robert Burns (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 328 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press; 3 edition (December 13, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1588292746

Book Description
This new edition of a much praised classic includes both basic method for producing and using antibodies and advanced techniques required by today's state-of-the art investigators. The basic sections of the book stress the first principles of antibody production and guide the reader through the processes and pitfalls of immunochemistry. The advanced sections focus on specific applications and cover the immunochemical techniques now used in laboratories. New material includes techniques for making new monoclonal cell lines, for producing good quality monoclonal antibodies, immunocapture PCR, immunoaffinity purification, and immunoelectron microscopy in plant virus diagnosis.

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