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Staphylococcus; molecular genetics.


9781904455295

Staphylococcus staphylococcus (stăf'ələkŏk`əs), any of the pathogenic bacteria, parasitic to humans, that belong to the genus Staphylococcus. The spherical bacterial cells (cocci) typically occur in irregular clusters [Gr. ; molecular genetics.

Ed. by Jodi Lindsay.

Caister Academic Press

2008

279 pages

$300.00

Hardcover

QR82

Lindsay (cellular and molecular medicine, U. of London, UK) presents ten chapters intended to provide an overview of the major areas of staphylococcal staphylococcal

pertaining to Staphylococcus spp.


staphylococcal clumping test
used as a means of measuring the quantity of fibrinogen-split products in a sample of blood.
 genetics research in recent years and future directions. Aimed at both specialists trying to cover a large field and readers new to bacterial genetics, the chapters provide explanations of technologies and techniques and define specialist terms. Chapters cover sequence, microarray, and systems biology; the population structure of Staphylococcus aureus; S. aureus The aureus (pl. aurei) was a gold coin of ancient Rome valued at 25 silver denarii. The aureus was regularly issued from the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 4th century AD, when it was replaced by the solidus.  evolution (lineages and mobile genetic elements Mobile genetic elements (MGE) are a type of DNA that can move around within the genome. They include:
  • Transposons
  • Retrotransposons
  • DNA transposons
); rapid diagnosis and typing; genetic manipulation; global regulators of S. aureus virulence genes; the response of S. aureus to environmental stimuli; mechanisms of ss-lactam and glycopeptide resistance in S. aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci; and staphylococci of animals. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports
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