Imaging Bacterial Molecules, Structures and Cells Methods in Microbiology Series

Imaging Bacterial Molecules, Structures and Cells, the latest volume in the Methods in Microbiology series, provides comprehensive, cutting-edge reviews of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology. The book features a wide variety of state-of-the art methods and techniques for the diagnosis and management of microbial infections, with chapters authored by internationally renowned experts.

This particular volume focuses on current techniques, such as MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnostics, along with newly emerging technologies, such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing.

1. General fluorophores Michael VanNieuwenhze 2. Time-lapse Ariel Linder 3. Microfuidics and biofilms Ling Juan Wu 4. Cryo-EM Grant Jensen 5. TEM methods, cryosubstitution, immunolabeling, and combined approaches to get complementary information John Arlington Fuerst

The audience for the volume includes pathologists and clinical microbiologists working in hospital laboratories, public health laboratories, national reference laboratories, academic and research microbiologists in universities, students studying clinical microbiology or biomedical science and industrial microbiologists working in the clinical diagnostic industry.

• Written by recognized leaders and experts in the field
• Provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge review of current and emerging technologies in the field of clinical microbiology, including discussions of current techniques like MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and molecular diagnostics
• Includes a broad range and breadth of techniques covered
• Presents discussions on newly emerging technologies, such as host-based diagnostics and next generation sequencing