Antimicrobial Compounds

1. Strategies for the Design and Discovery of Novel Antibiotics using Genetic Engineering and Genome Mining
Carlos Olano, Carmen Méndez, José A. Salas

2. X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Foundations for the Research in Antimicrobials
Daniel Piso

3. Antibacterial, Antiviral and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils: Mechanisms and Applications
Karola Böhme, Jorge Barros-Velázquez, Pilar Calo-Mata, Santiago P. Aubourg

4. New Antimicrobial Agents of Plant Origin
Javier Sampedro, Elene R. Valdivia

5. Advances in Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
José-Luis Barredo, Gulay Ozcengiz, Arnold L. Demain

6. The Cornerstone of Nucleic Acid-Affecting Antibiotics in Bacteria
M. Gacto, M. Madrid, A. Franco, T. Soto, J. Cansado, J. Vicente-Soler

7. Genetic Analysis and Manipulation of Polyene Antibiotic Gene Clusters as a Way to Produce More Effective Antifungal Compounds
Michal Letek, Luis M. Mateos, José A. Gil

8. Enzybiotics: The Rush Toward Prevention and Control of Multiresistant Bacteria (MRB)
Patricia Veiga-Crespo, Angeles Sanchez-Perez, Tomás G. Villa

9. New Cell Wall-Affecting Antifungal Antibiotics
Juan Carlos Ribas, Ángel Durán, Juan Carlos G. Cortés

10. Perspectives in the Research on Antimicrobial Peptides
Miguel Viñas, Francesc Rabanal, Roland Benz, Teresa Vinuesa, Ester Fuste

11. Glycopeptides and Bacterial Cell Walls
Fernando Santos-Beneit, Juan F. Martín, Carlos Barreiro

Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology