ABOUT THE EDITION

• Editor: A. Méndez-Vilas

  
  

  Focus of the book series

  This series is committed to giving an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promoting discussion about scientific, technological and educational aspects of Applied Microbiology/Microbial Biotechnology. It is composed of full papers written by active researchers in any of the covered topics, using original research materials, but presented in a generalist way. It is the main goal of this approach to take full pedagogical advantage of many research materials that researchers manage around the world.

   

  Educationally-oriented research papers and mini-review papers are especially welcome, although more "regular" research papers might also be suitable if the addressed topic is clearly exposed for non-specialists. Mini-reviews can be thematic in nature, or focused on the activity of a specific research group. In this latter case, the work should provide an integrated view of the research carried out by that group across the years. The driving force(s) behind the evolution of a concrete research group (seen as the reinforcement of some research approaches, refusal of others) can be of interest for both experts and new arrivals in the field, being this information less accessible from the fragmented publications in traditional journals.

   

  Highly read papers from the series

  
  Immobilisation of yeasts for continuous fermentation
  C M S G Baptista, J M A Cóias, A C M Oliveira and J M S Rocha
  
  Probiotics: 100 years (1907-2007) after Elie Metchnikoff’s Observation
  K C Anukam and G Reid
  
  Biosurfactant Production from olive oil by Pseudomonas fluorescens
  M Abouseoud, R Maachi and A Amrane
  
  Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  R H Deurenberg, S Kalenic, A W Friedrich, F H van Tiel and E E Stobberingh
  
  The Cell Biology of Virulence – Lessons from the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
  J C Panepinto and P R Williamson
  
  What can bacteriophages do for us?
  P Veiga-Crespo, J Barros-Velázquez and T G Villa
  
  Why do food and drink smell like earth?
  R R M Paterson, A Venâncio and N Lima
  
  Improvement of simple cultivation conditions for polysaccharide synthesis by Haemophilus influenzae type b
  M Takagi, T C Zangirolami, M M Tanizaki and J Cabrera-Crespo
  
  Helminths and Sanitation
  B E Jimenez-Cisneros and C Maya-Rendon
  
  The applications of microbes in environmental monitoring
  R Marinšek Logar and M Vodovnik
  
  Isolation and Characterization of a Heterotrophic Bacterium Able to Grow in Different Environmental Stress Conditions, Including Crude Oil and Heavy Metals
  E Diestra, I Esteve, M Burnat, J Maldonado and A Solé
  
  Quorum-sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella: Active natural compounds as antagonists
  P Jiménez-Gómez, M J Pozuelo de Felipe, F Llinares Pinell and J E García de los Ríos
  
  Bacterial Adhesion to Food Contacting Surfaces
  P Teixeira, S Silva, F Araújo, J Azeredo and R Oliveira
  
  Antimicrobial resistance in ß-hemolytic streptococci in Argentina
  H Lopardo
  
  Anti-aflatoxigenic activity of some bacteria related with fermentation
  Jong-Gyu Kim
  
  Potential of solid-state fermentation for laccase production
  J L Toca-Herrera, J F Osma and S Rodríguez Couto
  
  Microbiological quality of commercial dairy products
  L Varga
  
  Human Papillomaviruses Genotyping by Pyrosequencing Method
  B Y Zheng, B Gharizadeh and KL Wallin
  
  Evaluation of early stages of oral Streptococci biofilm growth by optical microscopy Effect of antimicrobial agents
  C Cortizo and M Fernández Lorenzo
  
  Cationic Liposomes as Antimicrobial Agents
  E M Mamizuka and A M Carmona-Ribeiro

  
  

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