Villa / Vinas New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-28368-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 556 Seiten

Reihe: Biomedical and Life Sciences

Written by specialists in the different fields, this book presents new perspectives and insights into strategies and weapons to fight microbial infections. It also reviews the 'state of the art' of alternative treatment approaches and new therapeutic agents to deal with infections caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms. In an era of accumulated resistance to current antibiotics, it is vital that this is undertaken without further delay. Aspects discussed include the control of RNA synthesis, the use of bacteriocins or enzybiotics (bacteriophages or purified lysins), the specific control of pathogenic clostridia, the design of new drugs affecting DNA synthesis in bacteria, the use of fecal-matter transplant strategies, the specific control of quorum sensing responses in bacteria, the use of new peptides as antibiotics and new ways to control bacteria that cause cancer, such as Helicobacter pylori cancers.

Tomás G. Villa
Department of Microbiology, Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Miguel ViñasDept. Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain

Autoren/Hrsg.

Villa, Tomas G.

Vinas, Miguel