Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

List of contents

Advances and Challenges in Studying Cave Microbial Diversity.- Cave Biofilms and Their Potential for Novel Antibiotic Discovery.- Cave Conservation: A Canadian caver's Perspective.- Cave Conversation: A Microbiologist's Perspective.- Microbial Ecology: Caves as an Extreme Habitat.- Studies of Antibiotic Production by Cave Bacteria.

Summary

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

Product details

• Authors: Naowarat Cheeptham
• Assisted by: Naowara Cheeptham (Editor), Naowarat Cheeptham (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2012
• EAN: 9781461452058
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-5205-8
• No. of pages: 130
• Illustrations: XIII, 130 p. 58 illus., 38 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology; SpringerBriefs in Microbiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; C, Medicine, Medical research, Immunology, Environment, The environment, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Environment, general, Medical Microbiology, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research, cave microbes;drug discovery;microbiology