Antibiotic resistance is an ever-growing problem faced by all major sectors of health care,
including dentistry. Recurrent infections related to multidrug-resistant bacteria such as …

World fisheries production is projected at 164 million tonnes in 2020, and a major increase
in the quantity of fish produced is expected to originate from aquaculture. Diseases …

This book describes the major achievements and discoveries relevant to bacterial protein
toxins since the turn of the new century illustrated by the discovery of more than fifty novel …

Recent advances in metagenomics research have generated a bounty of information that
provides insight into the dynamic genetic exchange occurring between bacteriophage …

Actinobacteria of the order Actinomycetales are ubiquitous in the world. They are found in
many habitats ranging from terrigenous, marine, aquatic, aerial and extreme environments …

Waterborne diseases continue to take a heavy toll on the global community, with developing
nations, and particularly young children carrying most of the burden of morbidity and …

Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ubiquitous among microorganisms living in a wide
variety of environments and can be detected by several molecular techniques. Similarly …

Bacteria and their viruses (bacteriophages or phages) have a complex relationship that is in
constant flux. Studies in natural environments, and by manipulations of phages and bacteria …

It has long been believed that microbes capable of causing human disease evolve over long
periods of time through complex interactions between the microbes and their hosts. The …

The presence and in vitro expression of homologues to 22 bacterial human virulence
determinants amongst culturable soil bacteria were investigated. About 25% of the bacterial …