Evolution of microbial pathogens /

Annotation examines evolution of microbial pathogenesis, capitalizing on explosion of knowledge of molecular mechanisms and microbial genome sequencing;covers general concepts of microbial evolution including gene acquisition, gene loss, and concept of microbial species;presents information on broad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Seifert, H. Steven (Editor ), DiRita, Victor J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2006.
Colección:Monograph, ASM Press.
Temas:
Pathogenic bacteria > Evolution.
Bacterial genetics.
Molecular evolution.
Bacteria > genetics
Bacteria > pathogenicity
Evolution, Molecular
Fungi > genetics
Fungi > pathogenicity
Bactéries pathogènes > Évolution.
Génétique bactérienne.
Évolution moléculaire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Microbiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Studying evolution by using genome sequence data / Jeffrey G. Lawrence
  • Population dynamics of bacterial pathogens / Martin C.J. Maiden and Rachel Urwin
  • The study of microbial adaptation by long-term experimental evolution / Vaughn S. Cooper
  • The contribution of pathogenicity islands to the evolution of bacterial pathogens / Bianca Hochhut, Ulrich Dobrindt, and Jörg Hacker
  • Black holes and antivirulence genes: selection for gene loss as part of the evolution of bacterial pathogens / William A. Day and Anthony T. Maurelli
  • Evolution of pathogens in soil / Rachel Muir and Man-Wah Tan
  • Experimental models of symbiotic host-microbial relationships: understanding the underpinnings of beneficence and the origins of pathogenesis / Margaret J. McFall-Ngai and Jeffrey I. Gordon
  • The evolution of bacterial toxins / O. Colin Stine and James P. Nataro.
  • Function, evolution, and classification of macromolecular transport systems / Paul J. Planet, David H. Figurski, and Rob DeSalle
  • The evolution of antibiotic resistance / Dean Rowe-Magnus and Didier Mazel
  • Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus: evolution, reemergence, and strain diversification / Sean D. Reid [and others]
  • Evolution of enteric pathogens / Ruiting Lan and Peter R. Reeves
  • Mycobacterial evolution: insights from genomics and population genetics / Alexander S. Pym and Peter M. Small
  • The evolution of human fungal pathogens / Judith N. Steenbergen and A. Casadevall.

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