New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth

Book Overview

Bacteriocins.- Control of bacterial growth through RNA degradation.- Control of Pathogenic Clostridia.- DNA-synthesizing enzymes as antibacterial targets.- Inhibition of bacterial efflux pump activity as a way to control microbial growth.- Bacterial protease as targets to control bacterial growth.- Quorum sensing and competence stimulation as targets for antimicrobial chemotherapy.- Transcriptomics as a tool to finding new antibacterial targets.- The case of Lipid II: the Achille s heel of bacteria.- Microbiome Control in the Prevention and Early Management of Cancer.- Targets against Helicobacter pylori and other tumor-producing bacteria.- Intestinal Microbiota: First barrier against gut-affecting pathogens.- Fecal matter implantation as a way to fight diarrhea-causing microorganisms.- Different approaches for searching new microbial antibiotics controlling bacterial growth.- Synthetic peptides as antimicrobials.- The use of nanoparticles for antimicrobials delivery.- Predation and competition: bacteriophages and bacteria as antimicrobial agents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319803360
• ISBN13: 9783319803364
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"