Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery [electronic resource] / edited by Naowarat Cheeptham.
Material type: TextSeries: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology ; 1Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XIII, 130 p. 58 illus., 38 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9781461452065
- 616.9041 23
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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. .
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.
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