Mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity, fifth symposium held at the Royal Institution, London, April, 1955 / [Edited by J.W. Howie and A.J. O'Hea].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society for General Microbiology.

Contributor:

Howie, J. W. (James William), 1907- editor.

O'Hea, A. J., editor.

Series:

Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology ; 5.

Symposia of the Society for General Microbiology ; 5.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

x, 333 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1955.

Contents:

The meaning of pathogenicity, by A. A. Miles.

The role of toxins in pathology, by W. E. van Heyningen.

The pathogenesis of diphtheria, by A. M Pappenheimer.

On the biochemical mechanism of action of gas-gangrene toxins, by M. C. Macfarlane.

Botulinum and tetanus toxins, by G. P. Wright.

Properties and structures of tubercle bacilli concerned in their pathogenicity, by R. J. Dubos.

Studies on the chemical basis of the pathogenicity of Bacillus anthracis using organisms grown in vivo, by H. Smith and J. Keppie.

The basis of virulence for mice of Pasteurella pestis, by T. W. Burrows.

The pathogenicity of protozoal and other parasites: general considerations, by F. Hawking.

The comparative pathogenicity of protozoa in their vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, by P. C. C. Garnham.

The pathogenicity of plasmodia and entamoebae, by B. G. Maegraith.

Host-parasite relations and pathogenesis in infections with Entamoeba histolytica, by C. A. Hoare and R. A. Neal.

Pathogenicity of fungi in man and animals, by G. C. Ainsworth.

Pectic enzymes secreted by pathogens and their role in plant infection, by R. K. S. Wood.

The role of toxins in the etiology of plant diseases caused by fungi and bacteria, by P. W. Brian.

Studies on the mechanism of invasion of plants by vascular pathogens, by W. G. Keyworth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

OCLC:

249790332