New Approaches for the Generation and Analysis of Microbial Typing Data - Couverture rigide

 
9780444507402: New Approaches for the Generation and Analysis of Microbial Typing Data
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 044450740X ISBN 13 : 9780444507402
Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Rapid molecular identification and typing of micro-organisms is extremely important in efforts to monitor the geographical spread of virulent, epidemic or antibiotic-resistant pathogens. It has become a mainstay of integrated hospital infection control service. In addition, numerous industrial and biotechnological applications require the study of the diversity of organisms. Conventional phenotypic identification and typing methods have long been the mainstay of microbial population and epidemiological studies, but such methods often lack adequate discrimination and their use is normally confined to the group of organisms for which they were originally devised. Molecular fingerprinting methods have flourished in recent years and many of these new methods can be applied to numerous different organisms for a variety of purposes. Standardisation of these methods is vitally important. In addition, the generation of large numbers of complex fingerprint profiles requires that a computer-assisted strategy is used for the formation and analysis of databases. The purpose of this book is to describe the best fingerprinting methods that are currently available and the computer-assisted strategies that can be used for analysis and exchange of data between laboratories.


This book is dedicated to the memory of Jan Ursing (1926 - 2000), Swedish microbiologist, taxonomist and philosopher.


"...taxonomy is on the borders of philosophy because we do not know the natural continuities and discontinuities..."

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Rapid molecular identification and typing of micro-organisms is extremely important in efforts to monitor the geographical spread of virulent, epidemic or antibiotic-resistant pathogens. It has become a mainstay of integrated hospital infection control service. In addition, numerous industrial and biotechnological applications require the study of the diversity of organisms. Conventional phenotypic identification and typing methods have long been the mainstay of microbial population and epidemiological studies, but such methods often lack adequate discrimination and their use is normally confined to the group of organisms for which they were originally devised. Molecular fingerprinting methods have flourished in recent years and many of these new methods can be applied to numerous different organisms for a variety of purposes. Standardisation of these methods is vitally important. In addition, the generation of large numbers of complex fingerprint profiles requires that a computer-assisted strategy is used for the formation and analysis of databases. The purpose of this book is to describe the best fingerprinting methods that are currently available and the computer-assisted strategies that can be used for analysis and exchange of data between laboratories.


This book is dedicated to the memory of Jan Ursing (1926 - 2000), Swedish microbiologist, taxonomist and philosopher.


"...taxonomy is on the borders of philosophy because we do not know the natural continuities and discontinuities..."

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Éditeur
Elsevier Science Ltd
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
044450740X
ISBN 13 
9780444507402
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
370
Éditeur
Dijkshoorn L., Towner K.J., Struelens MD PhD FSHEA Mark J
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Barbara Criscuolo
b.criscuolo@lswr.it

Via Spadolini, 7
Milano
20141
Italie

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ISBN 10 :  0444539999 ISBN 13 :  9780444539991
Editeur : Elsevier Science, 2012
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