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Molecular Microbial Genetics: Theories and Practical (2nd Edition) (Book with DVD)

Molecular Microbial Genetics: Theories and Practical (2nd Edition) (Book with DVD)

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    • Delivering the basic concepts and most exciting developments, this textbook provides an introduction to the molecular genetics of bacteria in appropriate style.
    • Covers on microbial physiology and genetics, microbial molecular and cellular biology, microbial ecology, microbial pathogenesis and immunology, urology.
    • This edition is intended for students and professionals in the fields of microbiology, genetics, biochemistry, bioengineering, medicine, molecular biology, and biotechnology.

Microbial genetics is a subject area within microbiology and genetic engineering. It studies the genetics of very small (micro) organisms; bacteria, archaea, viruses and some protozoa and fungi. This involves the study of the genotype of microbial species and also the expression system in the form of phenotypes. The availability of microbial genome sequences has ushered in the genomics era and has led to numerous technical advancements over the past decade. These advances have been both in the bioinformatics field that has integrated computer-based approaches with biology and in research methods in the laboratory. At present, these efforts have met with minimal success. There are several possible reasons for these disappointing results including choice of targets and screen designs, compound libraries chosen for screens, and decreased commitment to antibacterial drug discovery by many large pharmaceutical companies. Structure-based approaches could become very effective in the future as methodologies continue to improve.
This Second Edition ‘ Molecular Microbial Genetics: Theories and Practice’, the comprehensive and authoritative textbook on microbial molecular genetics, provides descriptive background information, detailed experimental methods, examples of genetic analyses.