Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of pathogenic microbes / edited by J. Hacker and J.B. Kaper.

Date:
[2002], ©2002
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About this work

Also known as

Evolution of pathogenic microbes

Publication/Creation

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

v. 1. Evolution of prokaryotic genomes / W. Arber. Extraintestinal Escherichia coli as a model system for the study of pathogenicity islands / P. Redford and R.A. Welch. Pathogenicity islands of intestinal E. coli / A.G. Torres and J.B. Kaper. Pathogenicity islands of Shigella / M. Ingersoll, E.A. Groisman, and A. Zychlinsky. Pathogenicity islands and host adaptation of Salmonella serovars / R.A. Kingsley and A.J. Bäumler. Plasmids and pathogenicity islands of Yersinia / E. Carniel. Genomic organization of LPS-specific loci / P.P. Reeves and L. Wang. Genomic structure of capsular determinants / B. Barrett, L. Ebah, and I.S. Roberts. Genomic plasticity in pathogenic and nonpathogenic enterobacteria / U. Dobrindt ... [et al.]. Phylogenetic relationships and virulence evolution in the genus Bordetella / F. von Wintzingerode ... [et al.]. Pathogenicty islands and PAI-like structures in Pseudomonas species / K. Larbig, C. Kiewitz, and B. Tümmler -- v. 2. Helicobacter pylori : impact of gene transfer and the role of the cag pathogenicity island for host adaptation and virulence / S. Odenbreit and R. Haas. The genus Neisseria : population structure, genome plasticity, and evolution of pathogenicity / U. Vogel and M. Frosch. Genomic islands of Dichelobacter nodosus / J.I. Rood. Genomic structure and evolution of Legionella species / K. Heuner ... [et al.].
Phages and other mobile virulence elements in gram-positive pathogens / C. Gentry-Weeks, P.S. Coburn, and M.S. Gilmore. Genome structure and evolution of the Bacillus cereus group / A.-B. Kolstø, D. Lereclus, and M. Mock. Pathogenicity islands and other virulence elements in Listeria / J. Kreft ... [et al.]. Pathogenicity islands and virulence plasmids of bacterial plant pathogens / J.F. Kim and J.R. Alfano. Genome structure of pathogenic fungi / G. Köhler, J. Morschhäusser, and J. Hacker. Impact of integrons and transposons on the evolution of resistance and virulence / D.A. Rowe-Magnus, J. Davies, and D. Mazel.

Notes

Copy 1 Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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  • Vol. 1 only

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  • Vol. 1

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    Medical Collection
    QW51 2002P29
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  • 3540426817
  • 9783540426813
  • 3540426825
  • 9783540426820