Evolution of microbial pathogens / edited by H. Steven Seifert and Victor J. DiRita.
| Other author/creator | Seifert, H. Steven. |
| Other author/creator | DiRita, Victor J. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xiii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
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| Contents | Studying evolution by using genome sequence data / Jeffrey G. Lawrence -- Population dynamics of bacterial pathogens / Martin C.J. Maiden and Rachel Urwin -- The study of microbial adaptation by long-term experimental evolution / Vaughn S. Cooper -- The contribution of pathogenicity islands to the evolution of bacterial pathogens / Bianca Hochhut, Ulrich Dobrindt, and Jörg Hacker -- Black holes and antivirulence genes: selection for gene loss as part of the evolution of bacterial pathogens / William A. Day and Anthony T. Maurelli -- Evolution of pathogens in soil / Rachel Muir and Man-Wah Tan -- Experimental models of symbiotic host-microbial relationships: understanding the underpinnings of beneficence and the origins of pathogenesis / Margaret J. McFall-Ngai and Jeffrey I. Gordon -- The evolution of bacterial toxins / O. Colin Stine and James P. Nataro -- |
| Contents | Function, evolution, and classification of macromolecular transport systems / Paul J. Planet, David H. Figurski, and Rob DeSalle -- The evolution of antibiotic resistance / Dean Rowe-Magnus and Didier Mazel -- Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus: evolution, reemergence, and strain diversification / Sean D. Reid ... [et al.] -- Evolution of enteric pathogens / Ruiting Lan and Peter R. Reeves -- Mycobacterial evolution: insights from genomics and population genetics / Alexander S. Pym and Peter M. Small -- The evolution of human fungal pathogens / Judith N. Steenbergen and A. Casadevall. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005032862 |
| ISBN | 1555813003 (hardcover) : |
| ISBN | 9781555813000 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | QW 50 E93 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |