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The main goal of the present book is to deal with the role of nanobiotechnology in skin, soft tissue and bone infections since it is difficult to treat the infections due to the development of resistance in them against existing antibiotics. The present interdisciplinary book is very useful for a diverse group of readers including nanotechnologists, medical microbiologists, dermatologists, osteologists, biotechnologists, bioengineers. Nanotechnology in Skin, Soft-Tissue, and Bone Infections is divided into four sections: Section I- includes role of nanotechnology in skin infections such as atopic dermatitis, and nanomaterials for combating infections caused by bacteria and fungi. Section II- incorporates how nanotechnology can be used for soft-tissue infections such as diabetic foot ulcer and other wound infections; Section III- discusses about the nanomaterials in artificial scaffolds bone engineering and bone infections caused by bacteria and fungi; and also about the toxicity issues generated by the nanomaterials in general and nanoparticles in particular. The readers will be immensely enriched by the knowledge of new and emerging nanobiotechnologies in a variety of platforms.

Pharmacology. --- Drug resistance. --- Dermatology. --- Orthopedics. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Drug Resistance. --- Surgical Orthopedics. --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Medicine --- Skin --- Resistance to drugs --- Pharmacology --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemicals --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Diseases --- Physiological effect --- Infections.

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The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular. The book would be of utmost importance to students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, medical microbiology, fungal biotechnology and nanotechnology. The readers should find the book full of information and reader friendly.

General microbiology --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Eumycetes --- Botany --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- systematische plantkunde --- medische microbiologie --- mycologie --- microbiologie --- botanie --- planten

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There is a high demand for antimicrobials for the treatment of new and emerging microbial diseases. In particular, microbes developing multidrug resistance have created a pressing need to search for anew generation of antimicrobial agents, which are effective, safe and can be used for the cure of multidrug-resistant microbial infections.Nano-antimicrobials offer effective solutions for these challenges; the details of these new technologies are presented here. The book includes chapters by an international team of experts. Chemical, physical, electrochemical, photochemical and mechanical methods of synthesis are covered. Moreover, biological synthesis using microbes, an option that is both eco-friendly and economically viable, is presented. The antimicrobial potential of different nanoparticles is also covered, bioactivity mechanisms are elaborated on, and several applications are reviewed in separate sections. Lastly, the toxicology of nano-antimicrobials is briefly assessed.

Biotechnology. --- Nanomedicine. --- Nanotechnology. --- Nanotechnology --- Therapeutic Uses --- Biomedical Technology --- Manufactured Materials --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Miniaturization --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Technology --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Nanomedicine --- Anti-Infective Agents --- Nanostructures --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology --- Technology - General --- Anti-infective agents. --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- Antiinfective agents --- Antimicrobial agents --- Antimicrobial drugs --- Antimicrobials --- Engineering. --- Medical microbiology. --- Medicinal chemistry. --- Microbiology. --- Nanotechnology and Microengineering. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Medicinal Chemistry. --- High technology --- Drugs --- Biochemistry. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Composition --- Chemistry, Medical and pharmaceutical --- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical --- Drug chemistry --- Medical chemistry --- Medicinal chemistry --- Pharmacochemistry

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Fighting Multidrug Resistance with Herbal Extracts, Essential Oils and their Components offers scientists a single source aimed at fighting specific multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoans, viruses and fungi using natural products. This essential reference discusses herbal extracts and essential oils used or under investigation to treat MDR infections, as well as those containing antimicrobial activity that could be of potential interest in future studies against MDR microorganisms. The need to combat multidrug-resistant microorganisms is an urgent one and this

Essences and essential oils -- Therapeutic use. --- Herbs -- Therapeutic use. --- Multidrug resistance. --- Multidrug resistance --- Herbs --- Essences and essential oils --- Materia medica, Vegetable --- Drug Resistance --- Plant Preparations --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Oils --- Complementary Therapies --- Pharmacological Phenomena --- Lipids --- Biological Products --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Therapeutics --- Complex Mixtures --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Plant Extracts --- Plant Oils --- Oils, Volatile --- Phytotherapy --- Drug Resistance, Multiple --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Therapeutic use --- Therapeutic use. --- Herb remedies --- Herbal medicine --- Medicinal herbs --- Materia medica, Vegetable.

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Ectomycorrhizal fungi play multifunctional roles during symbioses with higher plants. They can serve as bioprotectors, biofertilizers, bioremediators and stress indicators. Further, they are the true “mycoindicators” of forest ecosystems, where an enormous diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi can be found. Some ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce edible sporocarps, i.e., fruiting bodies, which are important for the food industry. Ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce various metal chelating molecules, which are of remarkable biotechnological significance and which also secrete useful secondary metabolites. Molecular approaches are required for the identification and differentiation of fungi forming symbioses with higher plants, while molecular tools are important to understand how genes are expressed during symbiosis with higher plants. Students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, forestry, and biotechnology will find a valuable source of information in this Soil Biology volume.

Ectomycorrhizal fungi. --- Ectomycorrhizas -- Biotechnology. --- Forest soils. --- Mycorrhizas -- Biotechnology. --- Agriculture --- Agriculture - General --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ectomycorrhizas. --- Soil conservation. --- Ectomycorrhiza --- Ectomycorrhizae --- Ectophytic mycorrhizas --- Ectotrophic mycorrhizas --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Soil science. --- Life Sciences. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Mycorrhizas --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Earth sciences