The Actinomycetes, V2


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In Three Volumes. Volume 1, Nature, Occurrence, And Activities; Volume 2, Classification, Identification And Descriptions Of Genera And Species; Volume 3, Antibiotics Of Actinomycetes.




The Biology of the Actinomycetes


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Introduction to and importance of actinomycetes. Classification. Morphology. Genetics of the nocardioform bacteria. Streptmycetes genetics. Transformation of xenobiotics. Actinomycete envelope lipid and peptidoglycan composition. Chicical significance of actinomycetes. Laboratory diagnosis of actinomycetes diseases. Actinomycetes pathogenesis. Ecology of actinomycetes.




Actinomycetes in Biotechnology


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The actinomycetes are a group of bacteria well known as producers of antibiotics. With the advent of molecular biology they have become important to biotechnologists in the search for new antibiotics, vitamins, enzyme inhibitors, etc. They also play an important role in the biodegradation of wastes, and their wide (natural) distribution in soil, composts, water and elsewhere in the environment makes them important to the agricultural and waste industries. This research book presents a broad view of the current interest in actinomycetes, ranging from isolation/screening of actinomycetes, discovery of new antibiotics, a substantial contribution on genetic manipulation to actinomycetes in agriculture, forestry, and the threat of actinomycetes as pollutants in the environment. The chapters, which have been written by experts, are intended to provide a balanced view of the opportunities and problems in an expanding field of interest.




Biological, Biochemical, and Biomedical Aspects of Actinomycetes


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Biological, Biochemical, and Biomedical Aspects of Actinomycetes documents the proceedings of the V International Symposium on Actinomycetes Biology held in Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico, 16-19 August 1982. This volume contains 45 chapters and opens with a paper on the pathogenesis of Actinomyces israelii. Separate chapters follow on the incidence, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of actinomycotic infections; the mechanisms by which A. viscosus can adhere to tooth surfaces; the host response to Actinomyces viscosus Ny1; the cell wall as determinant of pathogenicity in Nocardia; and medical and microbiological problems in human actinomycoses. Subsequent chapters deal with topics such as chemistry of the of the rodlet mosaic fiber portion of the Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) sheath, but also the presence of chitin in S. bambergiensis (hairy spores); lipids of mycobacteria, nocardiae, and rhodococci; genetic determination of antibiotics coded by plasmids; the morphology and ultrastructure of Pilimelia; and the ecology of streptomycete phage in soil.










The Actinomycetes


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The Actinomycetes


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Actinomycetes


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An evaluation of the international streptomyces project. Retrospective evaluation of international streptomyces project taxonomic criteria. Chromogenicity of actinomycetes. Control of melanin formation in streptomyces glaucescens. Effect of light on the pigmentation of bacteria in actinomycetales. An aspect of phylogenetic relationships among streptomycetes with special reference to DNA homology and electrophoretic patterns of C-type cytochrome. Composition of actinomycete population in soil. Ecology and predominance of soil streptomycetes. Studies on actinomycetes isolated from shallow sea and their antibiotic substances. Contemporary species concepts in actinomycetales. Identification of streptomycetes and streptoverticillia at the species level: Revision of 1965 system. Criteria for characterization of "Hygroscopicus" strains. New nocardioform organisms and their relationship. Some characters of Nocardia in relation to Mycobacterium and Streptomyces. Actinomycetes found in sewage-treatement plants of the activated sludge type. Developmental micromorphology of actinomycetes. Application of automation to the identification streptomycetes. Numerical taxonomy of streptomycetes (ISP strains). Immunological approaches to the classification and identification of actinomycetes. Polyenic antifungal antibiotics: Systematics of producers. Classification of actinomycetes with reference to antibiotics production.




The Actinomycetes


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