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The third edition of this authoritative reference work is indispensable to Bacillus scientists and invaluable for anyone involved in bacterial cell biology. Revised, updated and expanded with two new chapters on motility and nucleotide regulation, the new edition provides up-to-date reviews on current Bacillus research. Subjects covered include chromosome replication, DNA repair, chromosome segregation, cell division, transcription and translation, RNA-mediated regulation, general and regulatory proteolysis, the MreB cytoskeleton, membrane proteins, the cell wall, sporulation, biofilms, multicellularity and social behaviour, competence and transformation, motility and nucleotide regulation. An essential book for anyone involved in Bacillus and an invaluable reference work for those working in fields as diverse as medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, food and industry. A recommended acquisition for all microbiology laboratories.
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Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Bacillus megaterium. --- Bacillus megatherium --- Bacillus --- Bacillaceae
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"The Diverse Faces of Bacillus cereus elucidates salient characteristics of this microorganism, from its environmental and ecologic relevance, to its veterinary involvement and its medical aspects, the latter including several and diverse syndromes such as the most common Bacillus cereus-associated foodborne poisoning and the less frequent airway disease mimicking anthrax. Bacillus cereus has an almost ubiquitary environmental distribution and may cause serious, even fatal, human diseases as well. The bacterium, nevertheless, is also used as a biocontrol agent to face microorganism-related vegetable decay due to its natural antimicrobial properties. Once considered as a mere colonizer or contaminant, in fact, Bacillus cereus is nowadays acquiring increasing importance both as an agent of infections and as an organism of biotechnological and agricultural interest. Also, researchers, clinicians, and students alike will benefit from this clear compendium on the phenotype-based and molecular techniques and procedures that may be adopted or followed to correctly identify this intriguing multi-faceted microorganism."--
Microbiology & Immunology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Bacillus cereus. --- Bacillus --- Bacillaceae --- Bacillus cereus --- pathogenicity.
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Systems biology. --- Bacillus megaterium. --- Bacillus megatherium --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Computational biology --- Bioinformatics --- Biological systems --- Molecular biology
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Agricultural biotechnology. --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Bacillus --- Bacillaceae --- Agro-biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- Bacils --- Biotecnologia agrícola
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Anthrax. --- Bacillus anthracis. --- Environmental sampling. --- Environmental monitoring --- Sampling --- Anthrax bacterium --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Cumberland disease --- Gram-positive bacterial infections
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This volume presents a comprehensive perspective of the biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, from their basic biology to agriculture, forestry and public-health applications. It covers their ecology, virulence factors, and genetic characterization. The topics related to agriculture and forestry include mode of action, receptors of insect pests, and heterologous expression of toxins in insect cells and plants. Public-health researchers will find information on vector control programs with an emphasis on the Neotropical region. The book also discusses new products and the global market.
Life sciences. --- Pharmacology. --- Biotechnology. --- Agriculture. --- Microbiology. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Environmental engineering. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Sciences. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Bacillus thuringiensis. --- Pests --- Biological control. --- Bio-control of pests --- Biocontrol of pests --- Biological control of pests --- Biological pest control --- Biological pest control agents --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Control --- Toxicology. --- Chemicals --- Medicine --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Toxicology --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Physiological effect --- Floristic botany
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Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito control because of its advantages of specific toxicity against target insects, lack of polluting residues and safety to non-target organisms. The insecticidal properties of this bacterium are due to insecticidal proteins produced during sporulation. Despite these ecological benefits, the use of Bt biopesticides has lagged behind the synthetic chemicals. Genetic improvement of Bt natural strains, in particular Bt recombination, offers a promising means of improving efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Bt-based bioinsecticide products to develop new biotechnological applications. On the other hand, the different Bacillus species have important biotechnological applications; one of them is carried out by producing secondary metabolites, which are the study object of natural product chemistry. The amazing structural variability of these compounds has attracted the curiosity of chemists and the biological activities possessed by natural products have inspired the pharmaceutical industry to search for lead structures in microbial extracts. Screening of microbial extracts reveals the large structural diversity of natural compounds with broad biological activities, such as antimicrobial, antiviral, immunosuppressive, and antitumor activities that enable the bacterium to survive in its natural environment. These findings widen the target range of Bacillus spp., in special B. thuringiensis, besides insecticidal activity and help people to better understand its role in soil ecosystem.
Bacillus thuringiensis -- Biotechnology. --- Bacillus thuringiensis. --- Biotechnology. --- Life sciences. --- Bacillus --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Technology --- Pest Control --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Bacillaceae --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Communicable Disease Control --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods --- Bacillales --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Public Health Practice --- Gram-Positive Rods --- Public Health --- Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria --- Gram-Positive Bacteria --- Environment and Public Health --- Endospore-Forming Bacteria --- Bacteria --- Health Care --- Organisms --- Bacillus thuringiensis --- Pest Control, Biological --- Biotechnology --- Mechanical Engineering --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Bioengineering --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Chemistry. --- Microbiology. --- Agriculture. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Bacillus (Bacteria) --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms
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