| Recent Progress in Microbiology VIII: Symposia Held at the VIII International Congress for Microbiology Montreal, 1962 Contributor(s): Gibbons, N. E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487599005 ISBN-13: 9781487599003 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1963 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Microbiology - Medical | Research |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.61 lbs) 756 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This important volume presents the symposia and panel discussions held at the VIII International Congress for Microbiology, Montreal, 1962. The topics reported on include: Structure and Function ("Membrane Permeation"; "Properties of Isolated Cellular Particles"); Agricultural Microbiology ("Insect Microbiology"; Psychrophilic Microorganisms"; "Enzymes in Soils"; "Effect of Chemical and Biological Control Measures on Soil Micro-organisms"); Industrial Microbiology ("Genetics Applied to Industrial Microbiology"; "Microbial Production of Amino Acids"; "Evolutionary Operation and Horizons in Industrial Microbiology"); Virology ("Mechanisms of Immunity in Infectious Diseases"; "Interference and Interferon"; "Demonstrations of Viruses in Neoplasia"); Medical and Veterinary Microbiology ("Pleuropneumonia-like Organisms as Agents of Human and Animal Diseases"; "The Virulence of Staphylococci"); general subjects ("Microbial Classification"; "Influence of the Environment on the Epidemiology of Mycoses"). The contributors are experts from nineteen countries and all continents except Africa. The volume provides an up-to-date account of international developments in microbiology. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gibbons, N. E.: - N.E. Gibbons was head of the Division of Applied Biology, National Research Council, Canada, and Secretary General of the International Association of Microbiology Societies. |