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The Search for Bioactive Compounds from Microorganisms

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Satoshi Ōmura

    1. Research Center for Biological Function, The Kitasato Institute, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Part of the book series: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience (BROCK/SPRINGER)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Antimicrobial Substances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Antibacterial Agents

      • Ruiko Ōiwa
      Pages 1-29

    3. Antifungal Agents

      • Yoshitake Tanaka
      Pages 30-44

    4. Antiviral Agents

      • Hideo Takeshima
      Pages 45-62

    5. Antiparasitic Agents

      • Kazuhiko Otoguro, Haruo Tanaka
      Pages 63-78

  3. Antitumor Substances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N2-N2
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    2. Antitumor Agents

      • Kanki Komiyama, Shinji Funayama
      Pages 79-103

    3. Cell Differentiation Inducers

      • Haruki Yamada
      Pages 104-116

  4. Enzyme Inhibitors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N3-N3
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    2. General Screening of Enzyme Inhibitors

      • Haruo Tanaka, Kazuhito Kawakita, Nobutaka Imamura, Kazuo Tsuzuki, Kazuro Shiomi
      Pages 117-160

    3. New Strategy for Search of Enzyme Inhibitors: Screening with Animal Cells or Microorganisms with Special Functions

      • Hiroshi Tomoda, Satoshi Ōmura
      Pages 161-170

  5. Pharmacologically Active Substances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N4-N4
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    2. Immunomodulators

      • Haruki Yamada
      Pages 171-197

    3. Vasoactive Substances

      • Akira Nakagawa
      Pages 198-212

  6. Agrochemicals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N5-N5
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    2. Fungicides and Antibacterial Agents

      • Shigenobu Okuda, Yoshitake Tanaka
      Pages 213-223

    3. Herbicides

      • Shigenobu Okuda
      Pages 224-236

    4. Insecticides, Acaricides, and Anticoccidial Agents

      • Yoshitake Tanaka, Shigenobu Okuda
      Pages 237-262

  7. Chemical Screening

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N6-N6
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About this book

Biologically active compounds isolated from microorganisms continue to be vital to the development of new drugs and agricultural chemicals. This book was prepared by current and past members of the laboratory of Dr. Satoshi Omura of the Kitasato Institute in Japan. Dr. Omura and his colleagues have discovered and studied a number of important antibiotics, and in their work they have pioneered new methods for screening microbes for interesting and important compounds. This book presents strategies and methods for identifying novel molecules with several types of biological activity. In addition, the book discusses the identification of microbial compounds of agrochemical importance, presents information on chemical screening methods, and concludes with chapters on microbial strain selection, fermentation technology, and genetic engineering of antibiotic-producing microorganisms. This book will be of great interest to scientists working in the very active and competitive fields of antibiotic and agrochemical discovery.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Center for Biological Function, The Kitasato Institute, and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Satoshi Ōmura

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Search for Bioactive Compounds from Microorganisms

  • Editors: Satoshi Ōmura

  • Series Title: Brock Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4412-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Spring-Verlag New York, Inc. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97755-3Published: 22 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8761-2Published: 07 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4412-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1432-0061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 354

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Agriculture, Forestry

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