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MBIO 4310 Microbial Biotechnology

Guide for Professor Saha's MBIO 4310 class. Includes articles and resources.

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Microbial Pesticides

Biotechnology and solutions: insect-pest-resistance management for improvement and development of Bt Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.).
Razzaq, A. et al. (2023) Plants.
Sustainable access of quality seeds of genetically engineered crops in Eastern Africa - Case study of Bt Cotton.
Kedisso, E.G. et al. (2023). GM Crops & Food.

Microbial Insecticides

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A Domain III β-22 Mutants with enhanced toxicity to Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith).
Gomez, I. et al. (2020) Appl Environ Microbial.
Bacillus thuringiensis Spores and Cry3A Toxins act synergistically to expedite Colorado Potato Beetle mortality.
Dubovskiy, I.M. et al. (2021). Toxins.

Vaccines

Recent advances in vaccine technologies.
Francis, M.J. (2018). Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.
Who and when to vaccinate against Influenza.
Buchy, P. & Badur, S. (2020). International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
New vaccine technologies to combat outbreak situations.
Rauch, S. et al. (2018). Frontiers in Immunology.
Nucleic Acid vaccines against SARS-CoV-2.
Liu, Y. & Ye, Q. (2022). Vaccines.

Secondary Antibiotic

Antibiotic drug discovery.
Wohlleben, W. et al. (2016). Microbial Biotechnology.
Antibiotics produced by Streptomyces.
de Lima Procópio, R.E. et al. (2012). The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Nucleic Acid vaccines agains SARS-CoV-2.
Liu, Y. & Ye, Q. (2022). Vaccines.
Recent advances in the development of semisynthetic Glycopeptide antibiotics: 2014-2022.
van Groesen, E. et al. (2022). ACS Infectious Diseases.