| Description |
1 online resource (450 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Contents |
Contributors -- Preface -- What is an antibiotic? / Joan Wennstrom Bennett -- Main applications of antibiotics / Biao Ren [and others]. -- Microorganisms producing antibiotics / János Bérdy -- The need for new antibiotics / Arnold L. Demain and Sergio Sánchez -- Tackling antibiotic resistance / Jaroslav Spizek and Vladimir Havlicek -- Eradication of dormant pathogens / Kim Lewis, Brian Conlon and Michael LaFleur -- Toxicity of antibacterial drugs / Steven J. Projan -- Overuse of antibiotics: non-medical applications / Nelson Kardos -- Antibiotics for emerging and re-emerging diseases / Kazuro Shiomi and Satoshi Ōmura -- Endophytes as a potential source of new antibiotics / Silvia Guzmán-Trampe [and others] -- Antibiotics from microorganisms from hot springs/geysers / Girish B. Mahajan |
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New sources of antibiotics: caves / Naowarat Cheeptham and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez -- Animal venoms as natural resources of antimicrobials / Ramar Perumal Samy [and others] -- New targets for antibacterial compounds / Lynn L. Silver -- Novel antimicrobial and other bioactive metabolites obtained from silent gene clusters / Juan F. Martín and Paloma Liras -- Combinatorial biosynthesis for antibiotic discover / Sung Ryeol Park and Yeo Joon Yoon -- Lantibiotics and other antibacterial peptides / Margherita Sosio and Stefano Donadio -- Antiviral compounds of natural origin / Patricia Veiga -Crespo, Miquel Viñas and Tomás G. Villa -- New compounds with antibacterial activity -- Patricia Veiga-Crespo [and others] -- Use of antibiotic core structures to generate new and useful macrolide antibiotics / Prabhavathi Fernandes -- Antibiotics in the pipeline / Hyunjun Park and Michael Thomas -- Index -- Colour plate |
| Summary |
Annotation Respected international experts summarise the most important research to provide a timely overview of the field of antibiotics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2014) |
| Subject |
Antibiotics.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Antibiotics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sánchez, Sergio G., editor
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Demain, A. L. (Arnold L.), 1927- editor.
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Bennett, Joan Wennstrom, contributor
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| LC no. |
2014451101 |
| ISBN |
9781908230553 |
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190823055X |
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1908230541 |
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9781908230546 |
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