A new book of interest:
Applications of Molecular Microbiological Methods
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Editor: Torben L. Skovhus, Sean M. Caffrey and Casey R.J. Hubert
Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Bergen, Norway; Genome Alberta, Calgary, Canada;
Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK; respectively
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Innovative, constructive and continually evolving technologies are
propelling microbiology into an exciting new era. This new era will witness the
harnessing and control of complex microbial communities in a huge variety of
applications in the industrial, medical and environmental spheres.
State-of-the-art tools are being developed and utilized to analyse the
molecules that microorganisms possess and generate, including DNA, RNA,
proteins, lipids and cellular metabolites.
This book, written by international experts in the field, presents
emerging molecular methods that allow the diversity of a microbial community to
be surveyed and its functions to be investigated. The first part of the book
provides examples of the application of molecular microbiological methods in
various industrial applications. Part two deals with the identification of
microorganisms in medical settings while the third part presents case studies
that use molecular methods to assess the structure and function of microbial
communities in natural environments. The fourth part of the book describes in
greater detail the methods and technologies featured in the preceding case
studies including metagenomics, stable isotope probing, fluorescence in situ hybridization,
quantitative PCR, reverse transcription PCR and single cell methods. These
detailed descriptions enable readers to evaluate the applicability of various
tools for approaching questions and case studies of their own.
This practical, authoritative and up-to-date volume is a valuable
resource for anyone applying or developing molecular methods in any area of
microbiology and is a recommended acquisition for all microbiology
laboratories.
Posted by Tim Sandle
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