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Microsporidia : pathogens of opportunity /
Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen. Newly revised and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley Blackwell,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Structure of Microsporidia; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 STRUCTURAL CHARACTERS AND CLASSIFICATION OF MICROSPORIDIA; 1.2.1 Microsporidia under the Light Microscope; 1.3 STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTION AND LIFE CYCLES; 1.3.1 Basic Life Cycle; 1.3.2 Reproduction Modes; 1.3.3 Sexual Processes; 1.3.4 Life Cycle Types; 1.4 ESSENTIALS OF MICROSPORIDIAN CYTOLOGY; 1.4.1 The Plasma Membrane; 1.4.2 The Nucleus; 1.4.3 Mitosomes; 1.4.4 Endoplasmic Reticulum; 1.4.5 Ribosomes; 1.4.6 Golgi Apparatus.
- 1.5 STRUCTURE OF MICROSPORIDIAN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES1.5.1 The Spore; 1.5.2 Meronts and Merozoites; 1.5.3 Sporogony; 1.5.4 The Sporoblast; 1.5.5 The Origin of the Extrusion Apparatus; 1.6 THE MATURE SPORE; 1.6.1 Spore Shape; 1.6.2 Spore Size; 1.6.3 The Spore Wall; 1.6.4 The Plasma Membrane; 1.6.5 The Nucleus; 1.6.6 Cytoplasmic Organelles; 1.6.7 The Polar Filament; 1.6.8 The Polaroplast; 1.6.9 The Posterior Vacuole; 1.7 ENVELOPES OF MICROSPORIDIAN ORIGIN; 1.7.1 Sporophorous Vesicles; 1.7.2 Exospore-Derived Envelopes; 1.7.3 Sporont-Derived Sacs.
- 1.7.4 Parasitophorous Vacuole as Envelope of Parasite Origin?1.8 CYTOLOGICAL ANOMALIES IN MICROSPORIDIA; 1.9 MICROSPORIDIA-INDUCED EFFECTS ON HOST CYTOLOGY; 1.9.1 Association with Host Cell Organelles; 1.9.2 The Parasitophorous Vacuole as Host Cell Product?; 1.9.3 Host Cell Hypertrophy; 1.9.4 Infections of the Digestive Tract Epithelium; 1.10 COMMENTS ON THE STRUCTURE OF SOME HUMAN OPPORTUNISTIC MICROSPORIDIA; 1.10.1 Enterocytozoon bieneusi; 1.10.2 Encephalitozoon Species; 1.10.3 Trachipleistophora Species; 1.10.4 Vittaforma corneae.
- 1.10.5 Human Pathogenic Microsporidia of the Family Tubulinosematidae1.11 STRUCTURE-RELATED TECHNIQUES IN MICROSPORIDIA RESEARCH; 1.11.1 Recognizing Infected Hosts and Making Diagnostic Smears; 1.11.2 Recognizing Microsporidian Spores; 1.11.3 Observation and Measuring of Microsporidian Spores; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Developmental Morphology and Life Cycles of the Microsporidia; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF SPORES BY LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; 2.3 LIFE CYCLE; 2.3.1 Phase I of the Microsporidian Life Cycle, Environmental and Infective.
- 2.3.2 General Spore Structure2.3.3 Spore Germination; 2.3.4 Polar Filament Extrusion; 2.3.5 Spore Activation; 2.3.6 Polar Tube Eversion and Transit from the Spore; 2.3.7 Sporoplasms; 2.3.8 Sporoplasm Transfer and Infection; 2.3.9 Polar Tube Proteins; 2.4 INTRACELLULAR MICROSPORIDIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTERFACIAL RELATIONSHIPS; 2.4.1 Type I: Microsporidia considered to have Direct Contact; 2.4.2 Type II: Microsporidia with Parasite-Produced Interfacial Envelopes; 2.4.3 Type III: Microsporidia with Host-Produced Interfacial Envelopes.