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The human body contains 20 times more microbes than it does cells and in each cell there are about 10 microbes. Approximately 99 per cent of the viruses and bacteria inhabiting our body are yet to be identified. Some of our colonists, - viruses in the cells of our brain - influence even our thoughts and feelings. This book illustrates how microbes and human life go hand in hand. "Microbes for Human Life" elaborates on the relevance of microbes and their role in everyday human life, microbes in food production and agriculture, in biotechnology and industry, and in ecology and environment. It also discusses some of the negative impacts of microbes on our world, such as their role in causing diseases and bio-terrorism. But the primary focus is on how microbes, in their incredible variety, are essential to human life. This book presents the many ways in which we intentionally, and at times unintentionally, utilize microbes to improve our lives and enhance our life experience.
Contents
History of Medical Microbiology / Medicinal Plants for Human Life / Herbal Drugs and Nutraceuticals in 21st Century Health Care / Beneficial Microorganisms: Herbal and Medicinal Plants / Fermented Foods for Human Life / Intervention of Microbes in Promotion of Nutritional Attributes of Yogurt / Fermented Health Foods: Boon to Mankind / Emerging Infectious Diseases in Humans / Microbial Diversity in Heavy Metal Remediation / Microbial Management of Pollutants from Textile Industry / The Odyssey of Human Malaria Parasite: Past, Present and Future / Global Review on Malaria: Impact on Human Life / The Bird-Flu Virus H5N1: A Pandemic in the Waiting / The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Outbreak: Lessons Learnt and Future Perspective / Search for an ever Elusive "Guardian-angel" Novel Antibiotic: Myth or Reality / Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: An Emerging Problem / Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy and Strategy for Vaccination / Helicobacter pylori Infection: Diseases and Cure: A Molecular Approach / Pathogenesis of Salmonella typhi and Typhoid Fever: Multiple Drug Resistance, Vaccines and Therapeutics / History and Taxonomy of Candida and Candidiasis / Types of Candidiasis and their Management / Control of Candida Infections and Mechanism of Action of Respective Drugs / Potential of Enzymes in Therapeutics / Combating Multidrug Resistant Infectious Microbes: A Burgeoning Problem / Proteomics and Genomics Approach to Study Plant-Microbes Cross Communication / Omega-3/6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Essential to Human Health, from Thraustochytrids / Index
