Overview
- Comprehensively reviews the implication of quorum sensing in medicine, agriculture, and food industry
- Discusses the role of quorum sensing in the regulation of gene expression, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance
- Introduces the antimicrobial and anti-quorum sensing activities of medicinal plants
- Covers methods for detection and quantification of quorum sensing signals in food spoilage
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Role of Quorum Sensing in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
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Role of Quorum Sensing in Medicine
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Role of Quorum Sensing in Agriculture
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Role of Quorum Sensing in Food Industry
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About this book
The book illustrates the role of quorum sensing in the food industry, agriculture, veterinary sciences, and medicine. It highlights the importance of quorum sensing in regulating diverse cellular functions in microbes, including virulence, pathogenesis, controlled-gene expression systems, and antibiotic resistance.
This book also describes the role of quorum sensing in survival behavior and antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Further, it reviews the major role played by quorum sensing in food spoilage, biofilm formation, and food-related pathogenesis. It also explores the methods for the detection and quantification of quorum sensing signals. It also presents antimicrobial and anti-quorum sensing activities of medicinal plants. Finally, the book elucidates a comprehensive yet representative description of basic and applied aspects of quorum sensing inhibitors.
This book serves an ideal guide for researchers to understand the implications of quorum sensing in the foodindustry, medicine, and agriculture.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Implication of Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation in Medicine, Agriculture and Food Industry
Editors: Pallaval Veera Bramhachari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9409-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9408-0Published: 06 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9411-0Published: 29 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9409-7Published: 26 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 321
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Microbiology, Gene Expression, Food Science, Agriculture