Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria and are believed to be the most abundant and genetically diverse organisms on Earth. As such, their ecology is vast both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Their abundance makes an understanding of phage ecology increasingly relevant to bacterial ecosystem ecology, bacterial genomics and bacterial pathology. Abedon provides the first text on phage ecology for almost 20 years. Written by leading experts, synthesizing the three key approaches to studying phage ecology, namely studying them in natural environments (in situ), experimentally in the lab, or theoretically using mathematical or computer models. With strong emphasis on microbial population biology and distilling cutting-edge research into basic principles, this book will complement other currently available volumes. It will therefore serve as an essential resource for graduate students and researchers, particularly those with an interest in phage ecology and evolutionary biology.
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"The editor is to be commended for bringing together this attractive and readable publication that is sure to be a mainstay of the libraries of phage researchers for many years to come."
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Abedon provides the first text on phage ecology for almost 20 years. Written by leading experts, it emphasizes microbial population biology and distils cutting-edge research into basic principles. An essential resource for graduate students and researchers working in phage ecology and evolutionary biology.
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Steve Abedon is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University, USA. His single-authored monograph, Bacteriophages and Biofilms: Ecology, Phage Therapy, Plaques was published in 2011 (Nova Science Publishers). He also has edited or contributed to the editing of three volumes: a special issue on phage therapy published in the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2010; www.bentham.org/cpb/contabs/cpb11-1.htm); the monograph, Bacteriophage Ecology (2008, Cambridge University Press), and the second edition of the monograph, The Bacteriophages (2006, Oxford University Press). In 1996 he founded the Bacteriophage Ecology Group (www.phage.org) and, starting in 1989, has published around 50 articles and chapters, most of which consider aspects of bacteriophage ecology and evolution.
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microbial evolution, optimal latent period, phage impact, phage fitness, phage burst size, displaying shorter latent periods, high phage densities, phage coinfection, coinfecting phages, phage relatedness, phage transmission, plaque surface area, phage latent period, plaque radius, plaque turbidity, one latent period, phage decay, phage plaque formation, clonal interference, phage movement, phage dose, phage density, phage genome replication, uninfected bacteria, phage diffusion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, New York, The Bacteriophages, Impact of Bacterial Viruses, Bacteriophage Ecology, Academic Press, Boca Raton, Their Role, Microbial Ecology, Food Prot, Trends Microbiol, San Francisco, Humana Press, San Diego, Trends Ecol, Food Microbiol, Cold Spring Harbor, Molecular Biology of Bacterial Viruses, Princeton University Press, The Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage, Virus Res, Maynard Smith, Sinauer Associates, London Ser Browse Sample Pages:
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microbial evolution, optimal latent period, phage impact, phage fitness, phage burst size, displaying shorter latent periods, high phage densities, phage coinfection, coinfecting phages, phage relatedness, phage transmission, plaque surface area, phage latent period, plaque radius, plaque turbidity, one latent period, phage decay, phage plaque formation, clonal interference, phage movement, phage dose, phage density, phage genome replication, uninfected bacteria, phage diffusion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, New York, The Bacteriophages, Impact of Bacterial Viruses, Bacteriophage Ecology, Academic Press, Boca Raton, Their Role, Microbial Ecology, Food Prot, Trends Microbiol, San Francisco, Humana Press, San Diego, Trends Ecol, Food Microbiol, Cold Spring Harbor, Molecular Biology of Bacterial Viruses, Princeton University Press, The Molecular Biology of Bacteriophage, Virus Res, Maynard Smith, Sinauer Associates, London Ser Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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