Laboratory techniques in microbiology /

Woo, P.C.Y. etal.

Laboratory techniques in microbiology / P.C.Y. Woo, (contributor) - New York : Intelliz Press LLC, c2016. - x, 207 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.

Includes citation and index.

Contents: Then and now: use of 16s rDNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification and discovery of novel bacteria in clinical microbiology laboratories. -- Exploiting adaptive laboratory evolution of Streptomyces Clavuligerus for antibiotic discovery and overproduction. -- Rapid microbiological testing: monitoring the development of bacterial stress. -- First investigation of the microbiology of the deepest layer of ocean crust. -- The landscape of inappropriate laboratory testing: a 15-year meta-analysis. -- Molecular characterization of pneumococcal isolates from pets and laboratory animals. -- Cutlure- independent microbiological analysis of Foley urinary catheter bio films. -- Isolation of microorganisms using sub-micrometer constrictions. -- Comparison of quantitative techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to evaluate Mycobacterial burden. -- Development of the EUCST disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing method and its implementation in routine microbiology laboratories. -- Culture-based diagnostic microbiology in Cystic Fibrosis: can we simplify the complexity. -- Identification of clinical coagulase-negative staphylococci, isolated in microbiology laboratories, by Matrix- assisted laser desorption/ ionization- time of flight mass spectrometry and two automated systems. -- Risk factors for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: a multi-laboratory study. -- The efficient method for simultaneous monitoring of the culturable as well as nonculturable airborne microorganisms. -- Improved method for isolation of microbial RNA from biofuel feedstock for metatranscriptomics. -- Evaluation of microorganisms cultured from injured and repressed tissue regeneration sites in endangered giant aquatic Ozark Hellbender Salamanders. -- Discovery of microorganisms and enzymes involved in high-solids decomposition of rice straw using metagenomic analyses.

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