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"Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials introduces the reader to the microbial world, antimicrobial nanomaterials, how microbial evolution works, and how knowledge of these areas can facilitate the development of sustainable antimicrobials. Due to the widespread occurrence o...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam, Netherlands : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Micro & nano technologies series
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| Summary: |
"Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials introduces the reader to the microbial world, antimicrobial nanomaterials, how microbial evolution works, and how knowledge of these areas can facilitate the development of sustainable antimicrobials. Due to the widespread occurrence of multidrug-resistant microbes, there is an increasing interest in the use of novel nanostructured materials as antimicrobials. This book is designed to help researchers from fields such as materials science, nanoscience, and nanoengineering who are attempting to develop these antimicrobial materials"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 335 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780128221051 0128221054 |
| Index Number: | RM267 |
| CLC: | R978.1 |
| Call Number: | R978.1/G776 |
| Contents: | PART 1: Nano and microbes, a brief history -- The nanoscale: definitions -- Characteristics of nanomaterials: composition, coating, size, shape, surface properties, physical properties (inorganic, polymeric) -- Manufacture of nanomaterials: environmental exposure, toxicity, green synthesis, and sustainability -- Natural nanomaterials: microbial exposure -- Multidrug-resistant microbes and the "magic bullet": metallic, metallic oxides: nanoparticles -- PART 2: Microbial diversity -- Three domains of life: structure and function (Bacteria, Archaea, Eucarya) -- Bacteriophages and viruses (not alive, but important) -- Microbial view of the periodic table -- Microbial defense -- PART 3: Microbes and why they matter -- Food: spoilage, preservation, industril microbiology -- Environment: biogeochemicl cycles, pollution -- Microbiomes: naturally occurring and engineered -- Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology: engineered proteins, vaccines, DNA vaccines -- PART 4: Microbial evolution -- Organic evolution: principles -- What Darwin never saw: how things differ between the microbial and macroscopic world. (Horizontal gene transfer, co-selection, persister cells) -- Classical studies of microbial evolution (antibiotic, metal) -- Conclusion: towards sustainable antimicrobial nanomaterials. |