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This is a major synthesis of the theory and empirical knowledge about the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in natural, unmanaged, animal and plant populations. Throughout the book a dialogue is developed between the patterns observed in empirical studies of disease in natural populations and the mathematical models used to dissect and examine the observed epidemiological patterns. The book arose from a symposium at the Newton Institute at Cambridge University. It is divided into a number of reviews by experts in various fields and four group reports: two of these synthesize important issues relating to the dynamics of microparasites and macroparasites, while the others discuss spatial patterns in disease dynamics and the evolutionary biology of parasites, pathogens and their hosts.

Microbial ecology --- Communicable diseases --- Epidemiology

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The chemostat is a basic piece of laboratory apparatus, yet it has occupied an increasingly central role in ecological studies. The ecological environment created by a chemostat is one of the few completely controlled experimental systems for testing microbial growth and competition. As a tool in biotechnology, the chemostat plays an important role in bioprocessing. This book presents the theory of the chemostat as a model for larger ecological problems such as food chains, competition along a gradient, competition in the presence of an inhibitor, and the effects of time varying inputs. Models which take account of size structure, variable yields, and diffusion are also considered. The basic phenomena are modelled and analysed using the dynamical systems approach. Directions for research and open problems are discussed. Six appendices provide an elementary description of the necessary mathematical tools. Teachers, researchers, and students in applied mathematics, chemical engineering and ecology will find this book a welcome resource.

Microbial growth --- Chemostat. --- Microbial ecology --- Mathematical models.

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microorganisms --- microorganisms --- Digestive system --- Digestive system --- intestines --- intestines --- Stomach --- Stomach --- Digestion --- Digestion --- Digestive absorption --- Digestive absorption --- microbial ecology --- microbial ecology --- Simulation models --- Simulation models

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Communicable Diseases --- Disease Vectors --- Ecology --- Plants --- Communicable diseases --- Microbial ecology --- Ecologie microbienne --- etiology --- congresses --- microbiology --- Epidemiology --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Congrès --- Congresses. --- congresses.

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This new textbook offers an introduction to microbial physiology for students with a background in microbiology, physiology and biochemistry. The text provides topical coverage of all the basic principles of this often complex area of microbiology and is flexible enough to adapt to any microbial physiology course. FEATURES: Integrates a broad range of organisms throughout the text as examples to explain metabolic/physiological concepts; Focuses on the physiological concepts of metabolism and fermentation to help students gain a true understanding of cell function; An experimental viewpoint is used in discussing topics to provide students with a practical application of the subject which clarifies the understanding of physiological and metabolic concepts.

General biochemistry --- General microbiology --- biochemie --- stofwisseling --- microbiologie --- fysiologie --- Micro-organisme --- microorganisms --- Écologie microbienne --- microbial ecology --- Biotechnologie --- Biotechnology --- Microbiologie --- Microbiology --- Propriété des micro-organismes --- Microbial properties --- Propriété biologique --- biological properties --- Développement biologique --- biological development --- Physiologie --- Physiology --- Métabolisme --- Metabolism --- #abib:almm --- Microbial metabolism --- Microorganisms --- Microbial physiology --- Bacterial metabolism --- Metabolism, Bacterial