Ebook: Biochemical Testing

InTech, March 07, 2012. - 216 p. ISBN 978-953-51-0249-6.Biochemical testing necessitates the determination of different parameters, and the identification of the main biological chemical compounds, by using molecular and biochemical tools. The purpose of this book is to introduce a variety of methods and tools to isolate and identify unknown bacteria through biochemical and molecular differences, based on characteristic gene sequences. Furthermore, molecular tools involving DNA sequencing, and biochemical tools based in enzymatic reactions and proteins reactivity, will serve to identify genetically modified organisms in agriculture, as well as for food preservation and healthcare, and improvement through natural products utilization, vaccination and prophylactic treatments, and drugs testing in medical trials.Contents.
Rapid and Efficient Methods to Isolate, Type Strains and Determine Species of Agrobacterium spp. in Pure Culture and Complex Environments.
Biochemical Isolation and Identification of Mycobacteria.
Testing Methods for Agriculture and Food Safety.
Control of Salmonella in Poultry Through Vaccination and Prophylactic Antibody Treatment.
Biochemical and Histopathological Toxicity by Multiple Drug Administration.
Lipoxygenase-Quercetin Interaction: A Kinetic Study Through Biochemical and Spectroscopy Approaches.
Extending the Shelf Life of Fresh Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) Juice by Altering Its Physico-Chemical Parameters.
Molecular Characterization and Serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes with a Focus on Food Safety and Disease Prevention.