Ecological Relationships and Evolution of Rickettsiae - Volume I

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Distribution and Relationships of Rickettsiae 3. Evolution of the Tick-Rickettsia Relationship 4. Evolution and Distribution of Rodents 5. The Tickborne Rickettsiae of the Spotted Fever or Tick-Typhus Group 6. The Typhus Complex: Rickettsia typhi and R. prowwazekii. Adaptation to Insects

About the author

Nyven J. Marchette

Summary

This book provides the fundamental basis for a natural classification of the family Rickettsiaceae and perhaps even the order Rickettsiales. It shows how the pathogenic rickettsiae could have evolved in the course of geologic time through a series of evolutionary developments.

Product details

• Authors: Nyven J. Marchette, MARCHETTE, Nyven J. Marchette, Marchette Nyven J., David Stiller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781315892474
• ISBN: 978-1-315-89247-4
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, molecular biology