Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes - Volume I

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List of Contents.- Evolution of Prokaryotic Genomes.- Extraintestinal Escherichia coli as a Model System for the Study of Pathogenicity Islands.- Pathogenicity Islands of Intestinal E. coli.- Pathogenicity Islands of Shigella.- Pathogenicity Islands and Host Adaptation of Salmonella Serovars.- Plasmids and Pathogenicity Islands of Yersinia.- Genomic Organization of LPS-Specific Loci.- Genomic Structure of Capsular Determinants.- Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Enterobacteria.- Phylogenetic Relationships and Virulence Evolution in the Genus Bordetella.- Pathogenicity Islands and PAI-Like Structures in Pseudomonas Species.

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From the reviews:

"This compendium brought together by J. Hacker and J. B. Kaper as editors, features an international assembly of authors … giving a lucid introduction into the evolution of prokaryotic genomes. The … work provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on PAIs and other mobile virulence determinants in bacterial as well as fungal pathogens of humans and plants." (Susanne Rohrer, BioWorld, Issue 61, 2002)

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From the reviews:

"This compendium brought together by J. Hacker and J. B. Kaper as editors, features an international assembly of authors ... giving a lucid introduction into the evolution of prokaryotic genomes. The ... work provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on PAIs and other mobile virulence determinants in bacterial as well as fungal pathogens of humans and plants." (Susanne Rohrer, BioWorld, Issue 61, 2002)

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• Assisted by: B Kaper (Editor), B Kaper (Editor), Hacker (Editor), J Hacker (Editor), J. Hacker (Editor), J. B. Kaper (Editor), J.B. Kaper (Editor), James Kaper (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9783540426820
• ISBN: 978-3-540-42682-0
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 543 g
• Illustrations: XXXIV, 444 p.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Volume 264/2
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; C, Genetik, Medizin, Resistance, Helicobacter pylori, pathogenesis, Human Genetics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Genetics, Pseudomonas, Medical Microbiology, Microbe, genes, gene transfer, yersinia, genome structure, microbes