Biological Ice Nucleation and It's Applications

Edited by Richard E. Lee, Jr., Gareth J. Warren and L.V. Gusta
APS Press 1995

Hardcover 370 pages with 78 black and white illustrations ISBN 0890541728 £75.00

Price includes P&P in the UK

A select group of bacteria plays a key role in the phenomenon of ice nucleation, their actions having an impact on the frost sensitivity of plants, the winter survival of certain insects, and even on weather systems. This is the first book to integrate the ice nucleation research of plant physiologists, crop scientists, microbiologists, biochemists, bacteriologists, entomologists, and food scientists worldwide. The table of contents is as follows:

Principles of Ice Nucleation
Discovery of Bacterial Ice Nucleation and Its Role in the Injury of Plants by Frost
Ecology of Ice Nucleation-Active Bacteria
Biochemistry of Bacterial Ice Nuclei
Identification and Analysis of ina Genes and Proteins
Molecular Modelling of the Three-Dimensional Structure of Bacterial ina Proteins
Freezing Tolerance in Plants: An Overview
Ice Nucleation Activity Associated with Plants and Fungi
Deep Supercooling in Woody Plants and the Role of Cell Wall Structure
Deep Supercooling in Buds of Woody Plants
The Roles of Ice Nucleators in Cold Tolerant Invertebrates
Supercooling and Ice Nucleation in Vertebrate Ectotherms
Control of Epiphytic Ice Nucleation Active Bacteria for Management of Plant Frost Injury
Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Ice Nucleating Microorganisms
Ice Nucleation Genes as Reporters
Transduction of ina Genes for Bacterial Identification
Applications of Bacterial Ice-Nucleation Activity in Food Processing
Role of Nucleation in Cryopreservation
Applications of Biological Ice Nucleators in Spray Ice
Glossary
Index

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