This book focuses on recent advances in our understanding of the signal transduction pathway of ethylene, its interaction with other hormones and its roles in biological processes. It discusses at which point plants could have acquired ethylene signaling from an evolutionary perspective. Ethylene was the first gaseous hormone to be identified and triggers various responses in higher plants. Our…
As psychology and philosophy arose as answers to the eternal question of how the mind works, evolutionary psychology has gained ground over recent years as a link between cognitive-behavioral and natural-science theories of the mind. This provocative field has also gathered a wide range of criticisms, from attributing too much autonomy to the brain to basing itself on faulty assu…
This textbook provides a collection of case studies in paleoanthropology demonstrating the method and limitations of science. These cases introduce the reader to various problems and illustrate how they have been addressed historically. The various topics selected represent important corrections in the field, some critical breakthroughs, models of good reasoning and experimental design, and im…
This book is dedicated to the channels and pores that belong to an eclectic and ubiquitous class of unconventional - perhaps at times strange - pore-forming molecules, which nevertheless play fundamental roles in various organisms. These non-canonical channels may take on various and sometimes complex architectures, such as large beta-barrels or lipid-containing pores. They may originate from b…
Microorganisms play an important role in the maintenance of the ecosystem structure and function. Bacteria constitute the major part of the microorganisms and possess tremendous potential in many important applications from environmental clean up to the drug discovery. Much advancement has been taken place in the field of research on bacterial systems. This book summarizes the experimental setu…
This volume reviews the current metabolic engineering tools and technologies from a practical point of view, and guides researchers as they overcome challenges at various stages of organism and bioprocess development. Microbes have been engineered to produce a variety of industrial products such as fuels, basic chemicals, fine chemicals, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceutical intermediates…
Dengan fokus pada keamanan pangan, buku ini menyoroti pentingnya mikroba dalam pertanian berkelanjutan. Tumbuhan, organisme sessile yang dipertimbangkan sebagai produsen utama di ekosistem dan berkomunikasi dengan komunitas di atas dan di bawah tanah yang terdiri dari mikroba, serangga, dan hewan vertebrata dan invertebrata lainnya, menjadi sasaran berbagai jenis stres. Secara garis besar, ini …
Brief ini menyangkut risiko kimia dalam produk makanan dari sudut pandang mikrobiologi. Pendekatan "Analisis Bahaya dan Titik Kontrol Kritis" (HACCP), yang diterapkan untuk tujuan ini, didedikasikan untuk studi dan analisis semua kemungkinan bahaya oleh konsumsi makanan dan tindakan pencegahan terkait dengan tujuan melindungi kesehatan konsumen. Tujuan yang sulit ini sangat multidisiplin dan me…
Buku ini menjelaskan proses kompleks yang terlibat dalam degradasi stirena oleh mikroba, termasuk mikroorganisme yang sangat adaptif, berbagai enzim yang terlibat dalam biodegradasi stirena, rute stirena-katabolik baru, mekanisme pengaturan baru, dan gen yang mengkode enzim metabolisme stirena. Banyak aplikasi bioteknologi dibahas, seperti pengembangan teknologi ramah lingkungan yang berkelanju…
Dr. Susana Castro Sowinski saat ini bekerja sebagai associate professor di Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay. Publikasinya adalah: ARTIKEL PENELITIAN: 1. Batista S, Castro S, Aguilar OM dan Martinez-Drets G. 1992. Induksi gen transpor C4-dikarboksilat oleh rangsangan eksternal pada Rhizobium meliloti. Bisa. J. Mikrobiol. 38: 51-55. 2. Batista S, Castro S, Ubal…