Handbook of Bacterial Adhesion: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Handbook of Bacterial Adhesion: Principles, Methods, and Applications
by Yuehuei H. An (Editor), Richard J. Friedman (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 644 pages
* Publisher: Humana Press; 1st edition (February 15, 2000)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0896037940

Book Description
Yuehuei An, MD, and Richard Friedman, MD, FRCSC, assemble the first comprehensive treatment of bacterial adhesion, with major concentration on the powerful experimental methods for its study in biomaterials and tissue. Written by acknowledged experts in the field, these detailed techniques facilitate the study of implant infections in a wide range of devices, including orthopedic prostheses, cardiovascular devices, cerebrospinal fluid shunts and extradural catheters, urological catheters and stents, oral and maxillofacial implants, and even contact lenses. Methods for the study of microbial adhesion to such tissues as respiratory and intestinal mucosa, the urinary tract, and teeth are also included. Comprehensive and highly practical, the Handbook of Bacterial Adhesion: Principles, Methods, and Applications offers biomedical scientists and bioengineering researchers an all-in-one experimental guide to today's best techniques for understanding the nature, mechanisms, and prevention of bacterial adhesion.

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Thermophiles: Biology and Technology at High Temperatures

Thermophiles: Biology and Technology at High Temperatures
by Frank Robb (Editor), Garabed Antranikian (Editor), Dennis Grogan (Editor), Arnold Driessen (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 368 pages
* Publisher: CRC (December 13, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0849392144

Book Description
This text reviews recent literature in the thermophile field written by international experts. Much is being learned from thermophiles, especially about biology at the molecular level and the genetic mechanisms that permit adaptation and survival. This book discusses protective strategies based on the resiliency of thermophiles. It also investigates molecular regulatory mechanisms, and protein synthesis. By studying this extreme example, its exaggerated response mechanisms, and its development over many short-lived generations, we can learn about diseases linked to improper protein folding, and also more fully understand the ingenious design of DNA, and all that such an understanding implies regarding survival in a changing environment.

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