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UNINA9911108331603321 |
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Autore |
Wilson Michael <1947 April 12-> |
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Titolo |
Bacteriology of humans : an ecological perspective / / Michael Wilson |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
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9786612682902 |
9781282682900 |
1282682903 |
9781444300383 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Human body - Microbiology |
Microbial ecology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS USED; Chapter 1; 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE NATURE AND; 1.1.1 Difficulties encountered in determining; 1.1.2 Structural aspects of microbial; 1.1.2.1 Microcolonies; 1.1.2.2 Intracellular colonization; 1.1.2.3 Biofilms; 1.1.3 Communication in microbial; 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; 1.2.1 Nutritional determinants; 1.2.2 Physicochemical determinants; 1.2.3 Mechanical determinants; 1.2.4 Biological determinants; 1.3 HOST CHARACTERISTICS THAT; 1.3.1 Age; 1.3.2 Host genotype; 1.3.3 Gender; 1.4 TECHNIQUES USED TO; 1.4.1 Microscopy; 1.4.2 Culture-dependent approaches |
1.4.3 Culture-independent, molecular1.4.4 Functional analysis of microbial; 1.5 THE EPITHELIUM - SITE OF; 1.5.1 Structure of epithelia; 1.5.2 The epithelium as an excluder of; 1.5.3 Mucus and mucins; 1.5.4 Innate and acquired immune responses; 1.6 FURTHER READING; 1.6.1 Books; 1.6.2 Reviews and papers; Chapter 2; 2.1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF; 2.2 CUTANEOUS ANTIMICROBIAL; 2.2.1 Innate defense systems; 2.2.2 Acquired immune defense systems; 2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; 2.4 THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIOTA |
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OF; 2.4.1 Members of the cutaneous microbiota; 2.4.1.1 Corynebacterium spp. |
2.4.1.2 Propionibacterium spp.2.4.1.3 Staphylococcus spp.; 2.4.1.4 Micrococcus spp.; 2.4.1.5 Malassezia spp.; 2.4.1.6 Acinetobacter spp.; 2.4.1.7 Brevibacterium spp.; 2.4.1.8 Dermabacter hominis; 2.4.1.9 Methylobacterium spp.; 2.4.2 Community composition at; 2.4.3 Culture-independent studies of the; 2.4.4 Interactions among members of the; 2.5 OVERVIEW OF THE CUTANEOUS; 2.6 SOURCES OF DATA USED TO; 2.7 FURTHER READING; 2.7.1 Books; 2.7.2 Reviews and papers; Chapter 3; 3.1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF; 3.2 ANTIMICROBIAL DEFENSE; 3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; 3.4 THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIOTA OF |
3.4.1 Members of the ocular microbiota3.4.2 Composition of the ocular; 3.4.3 Interactions among members of; 3.5 OVERVIEW OF THE OCULAR; 3.6 SOURCES OF DATA USED TO; 3.7 FURTHER READING; Chapter 4; 4.1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY; 4.1.1 Nose; 4.1.2 Pharynx; 4.1.3 Larynx; 4.1.4 Trachea; 4.1.5 Bronchi and bronchioles; 4.1.6 Alveolus; 4.2 ANTIMICROBIAL DEFENSE; 4.2.1 Nasal cavity; 4.2.2 Other regions of the conducting; 4.2.3 Respiratory portion; 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; 4.3.1 Atmospheric composition; 4.3.2 pH; 4.3.3 Nutrients; 4.3.3.1 Composition of nasal fluid, ASL, and |
4.3.3.2 Contribution of microbial residents of4.4 INDIGENOUS MICROBIOTA OF; 4.4.1 Members of the respiratory microbiota; 4.4.1.1 Streptococcus spp.; 4.4.1.1.1 Strep. pyogenes; 4.4.1.1.2 Strep. pneumoniae; 4.4.1.1.3 Viridans group streptococci; 4.4.1.2 Neisseria spp.; 4.4.1.2.1 N. meningitidis; 4.4.1.2.2 Other Neisseria spp.; 4.4.1.3 Haemophilus spp.; 4.4.1.3.1 H. influenzae; 4.4.1.3.2 Other Haemophilus spp.; 4.4.1.4 Moraxella catarrhalis; 4.4.1.5 Staphylococci; 4.4.1.5.1 Staph. aureus; 4.4.1.5.2 CNS; 4.4.1.6 Mollicutes; 4.4.1.7 Kingella kingae; 4.4.2 Community composition at the various |
4.4.2.1 Nasal vestibule |
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1st Prize, 'New Authored Books' category, Royal Society of Medicine and Society of Authors Medical Book Awards 2008 "Overall, I am impressed by the up-to date information content and structure provided in Bacteriology of Humans. It is truly an ecological perspective helpful for undergraduate/graduate majors in microbiology and immunology." -American Society for Microbiology, June 2009 ""Wilson provides the reader with an up-to-date, comprehensive census of the indigenous microorganisms that inhabit the human body and in so doing contributes significantly to this rapidly ad |
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UNINA9911144272203321 |
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Titolo |
Bulimics on bulimia / / Edited by Maria Stavrou |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 2009 |
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9786611892555 |
9781281892553 |
1281892556 |
9781846428456 |
1846428459 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bulimics on Bulimia; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1. Binging and Purging to Stay Alive; 2. There Goes Alice Down the Hole; 3. Living with Diabulimia; 4. Surrounded by People but Completely Alone; 5. Running Away but Going Nowhere; 6. A Love of Athletics; 7. Recovery or What Passes for Normal; 8. High-functioning Superwoman; 9. The Hardest partis Wanting to Recover; 10. Diagnostic Labels and Sexual Abuse; 11. College plus Eating Disorder Equals...; 12. Not Good Enough; 13. An Addictive Personality, Food and Alcohol; 14. Confession to My Roommate, A Day in My Life |
15. Becoming Bankrupt and Losing Everything I Had16. I Want to Be Like You; 17. Sex, Lies and Hedonism; 18. The Lesbian Bulimic Mafia; 19. Diets Don't Work, Bulimia Does; FURTHER READING |
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The book looks at people who are living with the disorder, shedding new light on the day-to-day struggle of coping with bulimia. It challenges the stereotypical image of the bulimic teenage girl, revealing that it affects a far wider range of people, and dispelling the myth that |
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bingeing involves only food and purging involves only vomiting. |
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