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Microbiomics: Dimensions, Applications, and Translational Implications of Human and Environmental Microbiome Research describes a new, holistic approach to microbiomics. International experts provide in-depth discussion of current research methods for studying human, environmental, viral and fungal microbiomes, as well as the implications of new discoveries for human health, nutrition, disease, cancer research, probiotics and in the food and agricultural industries. Distinct chapters covering culturomics and sub-microbiomes, such as the viriome and mycetobiome, provide an integrative framework for the expansion of microbiomics into new areas of application, as well as crosspollination between research areas. Detailed case studies include the use of microbiomics to develop natural products with antimicrobial properties, microbiomic enhancements in food and beverage technology, microbes for bioprotection and biopreservation, microbial tools to reduce antibiotic resistance, and maintenance and cultivation of human microbial communities.

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Author:   Aristea Velegraki (Associate Professor in Mycology, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece) ,  Aristea Velegraki (Associate Professor in Mycology, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9780128166642

ISBN 10:   0128166649
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   25 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Microbiome as a Concept: Vogue or Necessity? Part I. Classes and Kinds of Microbiomes 2. Bacteriome and Archaeome: The Core Family under the Microbiomic Roof 3. Myc(et)obiome: The Big Uncle in the Family 4. Virome: The Prodigious Little Cousin of the Family Part II. The Study of Microbiotes and Microbiomes 5. Identifying Microbiotes: Genomic, Mass-Spectrometric and Serodiagnostic Approaches 6. Panmicrobial Microarrays 7. Metagenomics in Microbiomic Studies 8. Culturomics: The Alternative from the Past 9. NGS: The Enabler and the Way Ahead Part III. Novel and Legacy Fields of Microbial Applications 10. A Prerequisite for Health I: Cancer Microbiomatics 11. A Prerequisite for Health II: Probiotics 12. Microbiomic Prospects in Fermented Food and Beverage Technology 13. Legacy and Innovative Treatment: Projected Modalities for Antimicrobial Intervention 14. Electromagnetism and the Microbiome(s) 15. Microbiomics: A Focal Point in GCBR and Biosecurity 16. Epilogue

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Microbiomics is a broad and still developing field. As the authors point out in the preface, the future of the field is largely unknown. This volume provides a solid overview of the current state of the field and points to multiple areas of likely development. The individual chapters are well sourced with large numbers of appropriate references and occasional suggestions for additional reading. --Doody

Author Information

Dr. Aristea Velegraki is Associate Professor of Mycology at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. She is founder and curator of the Hellenic Collection for Pathogenic Fungi http://www.eccosite.org/ (UOA/HCPF under Greece), and specializes in aspects and applications of mycology, from clinical infectious disease to toxicology, with extensive applied experience in microbiomic identification and sequencing technologies. She has served as Vice President of the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) from 2006 to 2012, and has published widely in peer reviewed journals as Medical Mycology, OMICS, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, PLOS pathogens, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Natural Product Communications, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Fungal Genetics and Biology, and the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.

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