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Main description:
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary book covers different aspects of relevant human pathogens and commensals. The ongoing development of (meta-)genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of pathogenic and commensal microorganisms and their host interaction provides a comprehensive introduction to the microbiological analysis of host-microbe interplay and its consequences for infection or commensalism.
Contents:
Between Commensalism and Pathogenicity:Bacterial and Host Aspects.- E. coli as an all-rounder: The thin line between commensalism and pathogenicity.- What distinguishes non-pathogenic, from medium and highly pathogenic staphylococci?.- Microevolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a chronic pathogen of the cystic fibrosis lung.- Lactobacillus: Host-Microbe Relationships.- Bacterial Moonlighting Proteins and Bacterial Virulence.- Symbionts and pathogens - what is the difference?.-Host-microbe Interaction in the Intestinal Tract.- Ecology and physiology of the intestinal tract.- The gut microflora and its variety of roles in health and disease.- Mammalian intestinal host-microbe relationships.- Contribution of the intestinal microbiota to human health - from birth to 100 years of age.- Subject index.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: April, 2013
Pages: 390
Weight: 6742g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology, Microbiology
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