Front Cover; Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 8; Copyright Page; Contributors; Preface; Contents; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Industrial Fermentations and Their Relation to Regulatory Mechanisms; I. Introduction; II. Metabolic Regulation; III. Accumulation of Normal Intermediates and End Products Due to Alteration of Feedback Controls; IV. Regulatory Mechanisms and the Biosynthesis of Antibiotics; V. Synthesis of Macromolecules; VI. Summary; References; Chapter 2. Genetics in Applied Microbiology; I. Introduction; II. Mutation and Selection
I. IntroductionII. Water as a Source of Bacterial Contamination; III. Water as a Bacteriological Medium; IV. Areas Where Contaminants Multiply; V. Biological Factors Affecting Control; VI. Physical Methods of Control; VII. Chemical Methods of Control; VIII. Economics of Control; IX. Evaluation of Effectiveness of Control Methods; X. General Comments and Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. The Presence of Human Enteric Viruses in Sewage and Their Removal by Conventional Sewage Treatment Methods; I. Introduction; II. The Nature of Enteric Viruses; III. Enteric Viruses in Feces
III. Host Susceptibility and the Toxic Factors Produced by Bacillus thuringiensisIV. Some Industrial Considerations; V. Future Considerations; References; Chapter 10. Mycotoxins in Feeds and Foods; I. Introduction; II. Aflatoxin; III. Other Mycotoxicoses; IV. Control Mechanisms; References; Auther Index; Subject Index
III. Recombinational MechanismsIV. Phage-Host Interactions; V. Genetic Control of Biosynthesis; VI. Cell-Free Syntheses; VII. Future Applications; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology; I. Introduction; II. The Search for a New Antibiotic: A Problem in Microbial Ecology?; III. Summary; References; Chapter 4. The Ecological Approach to the Study of Activated Sludge; I. Introduction; II. Organisms Present; III. Ecological Factors; IV. Ecological Relationships; V. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Control of Bacteria in Nondomestic Water Supplies
IV. Transmission of Viruses Through WaterV. Presence of Viruses in Sewage; VI. Removal of Viruses by Sewage Treatment Methods; VII. Summary; References; Chapter 7. Oral Microbiology; I. Introduction; II. History of Oral Microbiology; III. Present State; References; Chapter 8. Media and Methods for Isolation and Enumeration of the Enterococci; I. Introduction; II. Media Available; III. Comparative Studies on Media and Methods; References; Chapter 9. Crystal-Forming Bacteria as Insect Pathogens; I. Introduction; II. Toxic Materials Produced by the Crystal-Forming Bacilli