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Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology

By M. S. Urdea (auth.) , Professor Dr. Antti Vaheri , Professor Dr. Richard C. Tilton , Professor Dr. Albert Balows (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1991
ISBN
978-3-642-76605-3, 978-3-642-76603-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-76603-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22829063 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
573\584
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
general; Microbiology; Virology; ImmunologyMedical Microbiology; Biochemistry

Description

The current diagnostic methods for the great variety of microbial agents affecting health are clearly unsatisfactory. New important pathogens have emerged including the agent responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Moreover, there is an increasing need for more accurate microbial control of our environment, and of the food and water we consume. What is needed are rapid, sensitive and reliable procedures which, on the one hand, should be suitable for automation and, onthe other hand, presented in a cost-effective version suitable for field use. Including new biochemical approaches, such as polymerase chain reaction, recombinant gene products and synthetic peptides, these needs are discussed in these protocols of the RAMI-90 congress.

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