Antimicrobial Therapies: Methods and Protocols

Book Overview

Part I: General Overview

1. Worldwide Clinical Demand for Antibiotics: Is It a Real Countdown?

Carlos Barreiro and Jos?-Luis Barredo

Part II: Antibiotic Screening

2. Collection, Extraction, and In Vitro Antibacterial Evaluation of Plants Used in Traditional Medicine

Fran?ois Chassagne and Cassandra Leah Quave

3. Microbial Isolation and Characterization of New Antibiotic-Producer Strains from Decayed Wood

?scar Velasco-Rodr?guez, Mariana Fil, Laura Garc?a-Calvo, Katarina Kosalkov?, and Carlos Barreiro

4. Characterization of Extremophilic Actinomycetes Strains as Sources of Antimicrobial Agents

Diyora Abdukhakimova, Zhannur Markhametova, Saikal Shamkeeva, Ainur Zhulamanova, Lyudmila Trenozhnikova, Vladimir Berezin, and Azliyati Azizan

5. Dilution-To-Extinction Platform for the Isolation of Marine Bacteria Producing Antitumor Compounds

Xulio Ben?tez, Jes?s Garc?a, Elena G. Gonz?lez, and Fernando de la Calle

Part III: Methodologies

6. Screening Systems for Stable Markerless Genomic Deletions/Integrations in Streptomyces Species

Jan Kormanec, Bronislava Rezuchova, and Renata Novakova

7. Antibacterial Assay in a Screening Project

Francisco Romero and Antonio Fern?ndez

8. Screening of Antibiotic Gene Clusters in Microorganisms Isolated from Wood

Mariana Fil, ?scar Velasco-Rodr?guez, Laura Garc?a-Calvo, Alberto Sola-Landa, and Carlos Barreiro

9. Methods in Screening Antiviral Drugs Against Enterovirus 71

Nadia Abubakar Omar Abubakar Bajaber and Babu Ramanathan

10. High-Efficiency Electroporation for Genetic Improvement of Fungal Strains

Jessica Cruz-Ram?n, Francisco J. Fern?ndez, and Francisco Fierro

11. Penicillium chrysogenum Fermentation and Analysis of Benzylpenicillin by Bioassay and HPLC

Katarina Kosalkov?, Isabel-Clara S?nchez-Orejas, Laura Cueto, and Carlos Garc?a-Estrada

12. Screening Fermentation and Extract Generation

Francisco Romero and Antonio Fern?ndez

13. A Simple Antifungal Assay for Testing Actinomycetes and Other Microbial Extracts

Mar?a A. Vinuesa and Antonio Fern?ndez

14. A User Guide for the Identification of New RiPP Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Using a RiPPER-Based Workflow

Alaster D. Moffat, Javier Santos-Aberturas, Govind Chandra, and Andrew W. Truman

15. Novel Methods to Identify Oxidative Stress-Producing Antibiotics

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 107161360X
• ISBN13: 9781071613603
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 443 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"