Internet of things-inspired healthcare system for urine-based diabetes prediction.

Healthcare industry is the leading domain that has been revolutionized by the incorporation of Internet of Things (IoT) technology resulting in smart medical applications. Conspicuously, this study presents an effective system of home-centric Urine-based Diabetes (UbD) monitoring system. Specifically, the proposed system comprises of 4-layers for predicting and monitoring diabetes-oriented urine infection.

Alternative sources of biologically active substances.

The majority of antibiotics and substances with diverse biological activity used in medicine are produced by actinomycetes, nonfilamentous bacteria and fungi. Other microorganisms, such as myxobacteria, pseudomonads, nocardias, basidiomycetes, marine microorganisms, enterobacteria, halobacteria, hyperthermophiles etc. are investigated for new biologically active metabolites.

Hybrid antibiotics.

Hybrid antibiotics that do not occur in nature have been obtained by combining structural genes of antibiotic producers. Some of these substances were effective against pathogenic microorganisms resistant against antibiotics produced by the parent strains. The majority of hybrid antibiotics were obtained by combining genes encoding polyketide synthases.

Antibiotics.

The chapter informs about different types of antibiotics, their structure, biosynthesis and their regulation. Industrial cultivation and isolation of antibiotics is described in the chapter. Search for microorganisms producing antibiotics and preparation of high-producing strains is described.