Microbiology and Biotechnology Research: An Overview Vol. 9

This book covers key areas of microbiology and biotechnology. The contributions by the authors include active tuberculosis, airborne transmission, angiogenesis, anticancer activity, antiretroviral therapy, apoptosis, bacille calmette-guerin (bcg) beeswax, biliary tract cancer, carnauba wax, cell invasion, cell migration, cholangiocarcinoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, controlled drug release, diabetes mellitus, drug-loading efficiency, drug resistance, dynamic light scattering, encapsulation efficiency, enhanced permeability and retention effect, genotoxicity, healthcare workers, hiv infection, in vivo antitumour activity, malnutrition, modified atmosphere packaging, nanoparticle morphology, nanoprecipitation, normal fibroblasts, polydispersity index (pdi), postharvest decay, postharvest quality silica exposure, smoking and tobacco use, tuberculosis, tuberculin skin test (tst), tuberculosis preventive treatment, tuberculosis, tumour growth, antibacterial activity, Zingiberaceae plant species, typhoid fever, minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum bactericidal concentration, antimicrobial resistance, immune tuberculous anergy, adaptive cellular immunity, delayed-type hypersensitivity, immune exhaustion, immune tolerance, tuberculosis, fish-processing, enzyme recovery, bioactive peptides, enzymatic valorisation, microbial enzyme production, chitinolytic enzymes, mycoflora, plant growth, phylloplane, rhizosphere, aloe vera, black spot disease, antagonistic activity, phosphate-solubilising fungi, sustainable agriculture, organic acid secretion, biofertilizer, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, phosphorus cycling, crop productivity, heavy metal, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, organic phosphorus, virus elimination, hepatitis C virus, HIV coinfection, T cell exhaustion, innate immunity, neutralising antibodies, immune reconstitution, liver fibrosis, direct-acting antivirals. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of microbiology and biotechnology.