Antimicrobial Peptides in Human Health Disease

This book represents a cutting edge summary of one of the most important fields in innate immunity. Antimicrobial peptides rapidly... 

Computational Genomics

This major new work is an invaluable laboratory manual for all scientists involved with computational genomics. Topics covered include database searches, sequence... 

Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria is increasing at an alarming rate and presents an enormous global health challenge. Multi-drug resistance in... 

Computational Genomics

Computational Genomics: Current Methods outlines the major issues and techniques that have emerged in genomics and bioinformatics over the last few... 

Bacterial Spore Formers

This comprehensive book describes in detail the most topical emerging areas of scientific importance involving the use of spores and... 

DNA Microarrays

DNA microarrays are the modern, parallel version of classic molecular biology hybridization techniques allowing the exploration of thousands of sequences... 

Biodefense

The anthrax attacks by bioterrorists in the USA in October 2001 served to highlight our vulnerability to biological warfare and... 

Dictyostelium Genomics

Dictyostelium discoideum is a model eukaryotic organism for basic biomedical research in cell and developmental biology and for the functional... 

Bordetella: Molecular Microbiology

Bordetella is the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough. It is almost twenty years since the last book totally... 

Ebola and Marburg Viruses

This book focuses on current research into both Ebola and Marburg viruses. Emphasis is placed on the genomics of the... 

Brucella

The book opens with chapters that focus on the development of molecular diagnostic tools and these are followed by chapters... 

Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi

This timely book describes the use of molecular techniques and bioinformatics to study the evolutionary genetics of fungi. The focus... 

Burkholderia

Members of the genus Burkholderia are a fascinating group of bacteria exhibiting immense ecological and metabolic diversity. Their notoriety as... 

Frontiers in Marine Biotechnology

One of the most exciting aspects of marine biotechnology is bioprospecting: the search for new natural compounds that can be... 

Campylobacter

The publication of the complete sequence of the C. jejuni genome in 2000 provided new insight into this leading gastrointestinal... 

Hepatitis C Viruses

Hepatitis C is recognized as one of the most important new diseases afflicting man. The discovery, diagnosis and initial treatments... 

Cancer Therapy

Tumor-host interaction is critical for cancer proliferation and spread. Tumor mass, metastasis, invasion of host tissue, evasion of the host... 

Microbial Bionanotechnology

Bionanotechnology is an emerging multidisciplinary field fusing nanotechnology with biology. This book provides a survey of the most striking and... 

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is the perfect pathogen, remaining elusive to the host by hiding within its cells and to the researcher by... 

Microbial Toxins

In recent years, enormous progress has been made in our understanding of the molecular and cellular biology of microbial toxins....