Advances in applied microbiology. Volume 91: Compiled by Geoffrey Michael Gadd and Sima Sariaslani .

previously published in 2017.

Front Cover; Advances in Applied Microbiology; Advances in Applied MicrobiologyEdited bySIMA SARIASLANIWilmington, Delaware, USAGEOFFREY MICHAEL GADDDundee, Scotland, UK?; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; One
Antivirulence Properties of Probiotics in Combating Microbial Pathogenesis; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MECHANISMS OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENICITY; 2.1 Adherence and Colonization Factors; 2.2 Invasion Factors; 2.2.1 Intracellular Survival; 2.3 Bacterial Cell Wall Components; 2.4 Secretion Systems; 2.5 Exotoxins; 2.6 Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation. 3. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF PROBIOTICS-INDIRECT EFFECT ON HOST4. DIRECT EFFECTS OR ANTIVIRULENCE ATTRIBUTES OF PROBIOTICS ON PATHOGENS; 4.1 Antibiosis Effects of Probiotics; 4.2 Competition for Limiting Nutrients; 4.3 Antiadhesive Effects (Colonization Resistance); 4.4 Antiinvasion Effects; 4.5 Antitoxin Effects; 4.6 Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Two
Iron and Fungal Physiology: A Review of Biotechnological Opportunities; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FUNGAL METABOLIC ACTIVITIES REGARDING IRON; 2.1 Redox-Active Reactions; 2.2 Uptake; 2.2.1 Adsorption; 2.2.2 Active Uptake. 2.2.2.1 Siderophores2.2.2.2 Proteins; 2.2.2.3 Other Molecules; 2.3 Translocation; 2.4 Solubilization/Weathering; 2.5 Biogenic Mineral Production; 2.5.1 Iron Oxalates; 2.5.2 Iron Oxides and Oxyhydroxides; 2.5.3 Iron Sulfates-Jarosite; 3. IRON AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; 3.1 Biosorption; 3.2 Bioremediation of Asbestos Using Fungi; 4. CASE STUDY: FUNGI TO THE RESCUE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL IRON; 4.1 Biopassivation on Iron Objects; 4.2 Microbes for Archaeological Iron Artifacts: the MAIA Project; 5. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Three
Contamination Control for Scientific Drilling Operations. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Sterile Drilling-An Impossibility; 2. DRILLING TECHNIQUES; 2.1 Glossary of Common Terms; 2.2 Drilling/Coring Techniques; 3. CONTAMINATION TRACERS; 3.1 Fluorescent Dyes; 3.2 Perfluorocarbon Tracers; 3.3 Microspheres and Other Particulate Tracers; 3.4 Dissolved Chemical Tracers; 3.5 Microbiological and Molecular Ecological Techniques; 3.6 How to Chose the Right Tracer?; 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Four
Microbial Phosphite Oxidation and Its Potential Role in the Global Phosphorus and Carbon Cycles; 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. PHOSPHITE GEOCHEMISTRY FROM THE ARCHEAN TO THE ANTHROPOCENE2.1 Evidence for the Prevalence of Phosphite on Early Earth; 2.2 Phosphite on Modern Earth: Where Does It Come From?; 3. PHOSPHITE OXIDATION IN BIOLOGY; 3.1 Phosphite as a Microbial Phosphorus Source; 3.2 Phosphite as a Microbial Energy Source and Electron Donor; 3.3 Bioenergetics of Phosphite Oxidation; 4. THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF MICROBIAL PHOSPHITE OXIDATION IN GLOBAL PHOSPHORUS CYCLING AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION; 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Back Cover

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