Virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens / edited by Indira T. Kudva [and six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kudva, Indira T., editor.

EBSCOhost.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virulence (Microbiology).

Pathogenic bacteria.

Host-bacteria relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 871 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Despite the use of antibiotics, bacterial diseases continue to be a critical issue in public health, and bacterial pathogenesis remains a tantalizing problem for research microbiologists. This new edition of Virulence Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogens broadly covers the knowledge base surrounding this topic and presents recently unraveled bacterial virulence strategies and cutting-edge therapies.A team of editors, led by USDA scientist Indira Kudva, compiled perspectives from experts to explain the wide variety of mechanisms through which bacterial pathogens cause disease: the host interface, host cell enslavement, and bacterial communication, secretion, defenses, and persistence. A collection of reviews on targeted therapies rounds out the seven sections of this unique book. The new edition provides insights into some of the most recent advances in the area of bacterial pathogenesis, including:how metabolism shapes the host-pathogen interfaceinteractions across species and generasecretion systems mechanismsevasion, survival, and persistence mechanismsnew therapies targeting various adaptive and virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogensWritten to promote discussion, extrapolation, exploration, and multidimensional thinking, Virulence Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogens serves as a textbook for graduate courses on bacterial pathogenesis and a resource for specialists in bacterial pathogenicity, including molecular biologists, physician scientists, infectious disease clinicians, dental scientists, veterinarians, industry researchers, and technicians.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens Within the Human Host / Kimberly A. Bliven, Anthony T. Maurelli

Chapter 2 : Bacterial Metabolism Shapes the Host-Pathogen Interface / Karla D. Passalacqua, Marie-Eve Charbonneau, Mary X.D. O'Riordan

Chapter 3 : Iron Acquisition Strategies of Bacterial Pathogens / Jessica R. Sheldon, Holly A. Laakso, David E. Heinrichs

Chapter 4 : Sociomicrobiology and Pathogenic Bacteria / Joao B. Xavier

Chapter 5 : Candida-Bacteria Interactions: Their Impact on Human Disease / Devon L. Allison, Hubertine M. E. Willems, J.A.M.S. Jayatilake, Vincent M. Bruno, Brian M. Peters, Mark E. Shirtliff

Chapter 6 : Microbial Endocrinology in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease / Mark Lyte

Chapter 7 : Small RNAs in Bacterial Virulence and Communication / Sarah L. Svensson, Cynthia M. Sharma

Chapter 8 : Bacterial Secretion Systems: An Overview / Erin R. Green, Joan Mecsas

Chapter 9 : The Structure and Function of Type III Secretion Systems / Ryan Q. Notti, C. Erec Stebbins

Chapter 10 : Mechanism and Function of Type IV Secretion During Infection of the Human Host / Christian Gonzalez-Rivera, Minny Bhatty, Peter J. Christie

Chapter 11 : Type V Secretion Systems in Bacteria / Enguo Fan, Nandini Chauhan, D. B. R. K. Gupta Udatha, Jack C. Leo, Dirk Linke

Chapter 12 : The Versatile Type VI Secretion System / Christopher J. Alteri, Harry L.T. Mobley

Chapter 13 : Type VII Secretion: A Highly Versatile Secretion System / Louis S. Ates, Edith N. G. Houben, Wilbert Bitter

Chapter 14 : Stress Responses, Adaptation, and Virulence of Bacterial Pathogens During Host Gastrointestinal Colonization / Annika Flint, James Butcher, Alain Stintzi

Chapter 15 : Bacterial Evasion of Host Antimicrobial Peptide Defenses / Jason N. Cole, Victor Nizet

Chapter 16 : Antigenic Variation in Bacterial Pathogens / Guy H. Palmer, Troy Bankhead, H. Steven Seifert

Chapter 17 : Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance / Jose M. Munita, Cesar A. Arias

Chapter 18 : Chronic Bacterial Pathogens: Mechanisms of Persistence / Mariana X. Byndloss, Renee M. Tsolis

Chapter 19 : The Staphylococcal Biofilm: Adhesins, Regulation, and Host Response / Alexandra E. Paharik, Alexander R. Horswill

Chapter 20 : Surviving Between Hosts: Sporulation and Transmission / Michelle C. Swick, Theresa M. Koehler, Adam Driks

Chapter 21 : Staying Alive: Vibrio cholerae's Cycle of Environmental Survival, Transmission, and Dissemination / Jenna G. Conner, Jennifer K. Teschler, Christopher J. Jones, Fitnat H. Yildiz

Chapter 22 : Hijacking and Use of Host Lipids by Intracellular Pathogens / Alvaro Toledo, Jorge L. Benach

Chapter 23 : Contrasting Lifestyles Within the Host Cell / Elizabeth Di Russo Case, James E. Samuel

Chapter 24 : Intracellular Growth of Bacterial Pathogens: The Role of Secreted Effector Proteins in the Control of Phagocytosed Microorganisms / Valérie Poirier, Yossef Av-gay

Chapter 25 : Cellular Exit Strategies of Intracellular Bacteria / Kevin Hybiske, Richard Stephens

Chapter 26 : Novel Targets of Antimicrobial Therapies / Sarah E. Maddocks

Chapter 27 : Innovative Solutions to Sticky Situations: Antiadhesive Strategies for Treating Bacterial Infections / Zachary T. Cusumano, Roger D. Klein, Scott J. Hultgren

Chapter 28 : The Role of Biotin in Bacterial Physiology and Virulence: a Novel Antibiotic Target for Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Wanisa Salaemae, Grant W. Booker, Steven W. Polyak

Chapter 29 : Recent Advances and Understanding of Using Probiotic-Based Interventions to Restore Homeostasis of the Microbiome for the Prevention/Therapy of Bacterial Diseases / Jan S. Suchodolski, Albert E. Jergens

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 22, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens

ISBN:

9781555819286

1555819281

Publisher Number:

99968405530

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.