Bacteriophages : biology and applications / edited by Elizabeth Kutter and Alexander Sulakvelidze.
Contributor(s): Kutter, Elizabeth
| Sulakvelidze, Alexander.
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BookPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2004Description: xiii, 510 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0849313368.Subject(s): Bacteriophages | Genetic vectorsDDC classification: 579.26 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 579.26 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00099394 |
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In response to the emergence of pathogenic bacteria that cannot be treated with current antibiotics, many researchers are revisiting the use of bacteriophages, or phages, to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria. Bacteriophages: Biology and Applications provides unparalleled, comprehensive information on bacteriophages and their applications, such as phage therapy. It offers techniques, media, and methodology involved in isolating and working with therapeutic phages. Photographs, line drawings, and electron micrographs of phages are also included. With its broad approach, this book is a useful reference for microbiologists, hematologists, and infectious disease researchers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Bacteriophage research: Early history -- Basic phage biology -- Bacteriophage classification -- Genomics and evolution of tailed phages -- Phage ecology -- Molecular mechanisms of phage infection -- Bacteriophages and bacterial virulence -- Phage for the detection of pathogenic bacteria -- Control of bacteriophages in industrial fermentations -- Phage as vectors and targeted delivery vehicles -- The use of phage lytic enzymes to control bacterial infections -- Phage therapy in animals and agribusiness -- Bacteriophage therapy in humans.