Chemical and Physical Signatures for Microbial Forensics. 1st ed. 2012

種類:

電子ブック

責任表示:

edited by John B. Cliff, Helen W. Kreuzer, Christopher J. Ehrhardt, David S. Wunschel

出版情報:

Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2012

著者名:

• Cliff, John B.
• Kreuzer, Helen W.
• Ehrhardt, Christopher J.
• Wunschel, David S.
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シリーズ名:

Infectious Disease ;

ISBN:

9781603272193 [1603272194]    

注記:

State of Microbial Forensics and Future Directions -- Statistical Foundations and Data Integration for Microbial Forensics -- The Microbe: The Basics of Structure, Morphology, and Physiology as They Relate to Microbial Characterization and Attribution -- Fatty Acids and Lipids -- Carbohydrate Markers of Organism Purity and Growth Environment -- Glycoprotein and Protein Markers for Strain Differentiation and Growth Environment or Media Attribution -- Elemental Signatures for Microbial Forensics -- Stable Isotope Signatures for Microbial Forensics -- Extracellular Signatures as Indicators of Process Methods -- Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic Analysis of Evidence.
Combining the disciplines of biological, physical and chemical science, microbial forensics has a rapidly rising profile in a world increasingly troubled by the threat of ‘biocrime’ and ‘bioterrorism’. This valuable resource is a major addition to a body of literature reckoned to lack sufficient breadth. It presents a variety of phenotypic and trace signature methodologies associated with cultured microorganisms that, despite being genetically identical, may be characterized by differing cultural environments.   One of the central challenges faced by those working in this field is the sheer diversity of potentially harmful agents, which in themselves total more than 1000 viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoan parasites. Their numerous additional variants render the process of ‘fingerprinting’ biological agents notoriously difficult, especially when the limitations of genetic analysis are factored in. Attribution of crime is relatively easy through human DNA, but lacking the genetic individuation of humans and

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