| Description |
1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Origin of bacteria. 1. The origin of life based on physical principles -- 2. Preamble to life -- 3. The first cell -- 4. Development of cell physiology and diversity -- pt. 2. Wall structure. 5. Covalent bonds and tensile strength of materials -- 6. Structure of the fabric that covers a bacterium -- 7. The covalently linked sacculus: the nona-muropeptide model -- 8. The structure of the tessera; the unit structure of murein wall -- 9. Extrusion and incorporation into the wall -- 10. The role of poles in the growth strategy of bacteria -- pt. 3. Bacterial morphologies. 11. Sidewalls of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria -- 12. Growth strategies for gram-positive cells -- 13. Wall growth strategies for gram-negative cells -- 14. Commas, vibrios, spirilla and helicobacters; tapered and branched bacteria -- 15. Spirochetes and spiroplasma and the special strategies for CWD (cell wall deficient) cells -- 16. Coccal versus rod-shaped cells, and the first bacterium -- 17. Diseases: old and new -- pt. 4. Antibiosis. 18. Lysozymes as alternatives to ß-lactams antibiotics acting on the bacterial wall -- 19. Development of wall antibiotics and bacterial counter-measures -- 20. Antibiotics and resistance, with an emphasis on aminoglycosides -- 21. Future chemotherapy aimed at the bacterial murein |
| Summary |
"The book's purpose is to give an explanation of the development of life on earth to the evolution of diversity. It is this diversity that led, almost automatically, to the development of pathogens and predators. The relationship of pathogens and host lead to the development of antibiotics and resistance mechanisms." "This book is intended for students at various levels who will be the microbiology researchers in the time to come. Also microbiology professors, particularly those teaching medical microbiology as well as physicians administrating antibiotics daily and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry may find this book useful."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
microbiologie |
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microbiology |
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levenswetenschappen |
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life sciences |
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Biology (General) |
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Biologie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Bacteria.
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Bacteria
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Cell Wall -- physiology
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Antibiosis -- physiology
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Bacteria.
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Cell Wall -- physiology.
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Antibiosis -- physiology.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Bacteria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781402032066 |
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1402032064 |
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1280624167 |
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9781280624162 |
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9786610624164 |
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661062416X |
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1402032056 |
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9781402032059 |
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