Bacterial pathogenesis : molecular and cellular mechanisms / edited by Camille Locht and Michel Simonet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Locht, Camille.

Simonet, Michel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacteria--pathogenicity.

Virulence Factors.

Virulence.

Bacterial diseases--Pathogenesis.

Bacterial diseases.

Bacterial diseases--Microbiology.

Molecular microbiology.

Microbiology.

Medical Subjects:

Bacteria--pathogenicity.

Virulence Factors.

Virulence.

Physical Description:

x, 369, A9 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, [2012]

Summary:

Scientists in a range of biomedical fields synthesize the current understanding of how bacteria make host organisms sick. They cover approaches to the study of bacterial pathogenesis, bacterial adhesion to the cell surface and extracellular matrix of host tissues, poisoning the host by toxins, cellular invasion by bacterial pathogens, and bacterial evasion of host defenses. Among the topics are genetic determinants of bacterial pathogenicity, fimbrial adhesins: adhesive molecules on a "stalk," whether toxins acting on intracellular targets can by friends as well as foes, the bacterial life in a vacuole, and bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Models for studying bacterial pathogenesis / Richard W. Titball and Olivia L. Champion

Strategies for identifying bacterial pathogenicity genes / Raphael H. Valdivia

Genetic determinants of bacterial pathogenicity / Gavin K. Paterson and Duncan J. Maskell

Fimbrial adhesins : adhesive molecules on a 'stalk' / Hae Joo Kang, Edward N. Baker and Thomas Proft

Non-pilus (non-fimbrial) adhesins / Amanda J. Sheets and Joseph W. St. Geme, III

Biofilms : the secrety story of microbial communities / Christophe S. Bernard ... [et al.]

Toxins damaging cellular membranes : paradigms and molecular features / Joseph E. Alouf

Toxins acting on intracellular targets : only foes or also friends? / Teresa Frisan, Riccardo Guidi and Lina Guerra

Mechanisms of bacterial entry into host cells / Kevin Moreau and Frank Lafont

The bacterial life in a vacuole / Ana Rita Furtado and Agathe Subtil

The bacterial life in the cytosol / Serge Mostowy and Pascale Cossart

Bacterial handling of host nutrients : the iron paradigm / Klaus Hantke

Bacterial escape from the complement system / Marta Biedzka-Sarek and Mikael Skurnik

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides / John D.F. Hale

Bacteria-induced host cell death / Scott D. Kobayashi, Kevin M. Rigby and Frank R. DeLeo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781904455912

1904455913

OCLC:

711044655