Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cheeptham, Naowarat (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology, 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Environment.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Environment, general.; Biomedicine general.

This book details recent findings in the field of cave microbiology and builds on fast-paced efforts to exploit an unconventional and underexplored environment for new microorganisms which may provide an untapped source of drugs: microorganisms from caves.

Table of Contents:

• Advances and Challenges in Studying Cave Microbial Diversity
• Cave Biofilms and Their Potential for Novel Antibiotic Discovery
• Cave Conservation: A Canadian caver's Perspective
• Cave Conversation: A Microbiologist's Perspective
• Microbial Ecology: Caves as an Extreme Habitat
• Studies of Antibiotic Production by Cave Bacteria.  .