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Marcelo E. Tolmasky is a Professor at the Department of Biology, California State University, Fullerton, and the Director of the Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies. He did his PhD at the Fundación Instituto Leloir under the mentorship of Luis F. Leloir and his postdoctoral training in Jorge H. Crosa's laboratory at the Oregon Health & Sciences University, where he studied virulence and antibiotic resistance plasmids in Gram-negatives. His current research focuses on several basic and applied aspects of plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance and virulence. He was a coeditor of the book Enzyme-Mediated Resistance to Antibiotics: Mechanisms, Dissemination, and Prospects for Inhibition (ASM Press).

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Plasmids

First Edition

Explore the remarkable discoveries in the rapidly expanding field of plasmid biology

Plasmids are integral to biological research as models for innumerable mechanisms of living cells, as tools for creating the most diverse therapies, and as crucial helpers for understanding the dissemination of microbial populations. Their role in virulence and antibiotic resistance, together with the generalization of "omics" disciplines, has recently ignited a new wave of interest in plasmids.

This comprehensive book contains a series of expertly written chapters focused on plasmid biology, mechanistic details of plasmid function, and the increased utilization of plasmids in biotechnology and pharmacology that has occurred in the past decade.

Plasmids: Biology and Impact in Biotechnology and Discovery serves as an invaluable reference for researchers in the wide range of fields and disciplines that utilize plasmids and can also be used as a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in biotechnology and molecular biology.