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Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes

Volume I

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 264/2)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
  2. Evolution of Prokaryotic Genomes

    • W. Arber
    Pages 1-14
  3. Pathogenicity Islands of Intestinal E. coli

    • A. G. Torres, J. B. Kaper
    Pages 31-48
  4. Pathogenicity Islands of Shigella

    • M. Ingersoll, E. A. Groisman, A. Zychlinsky
    Pages 49-65
  5. Pathogenicity Islands and Host Adaptation of Salmonella Serovars

    • R. A. Kingsley, A. J. Bäumler
    Pages 67-87
  6. Genomic Organization of LPS-Specific Loci

    • P. P. Reeves, L. Wang
    Pages 109-135
  7. Genomic Structure of Capsular Determinants

    • B. Barrett, L. Ebah, I. S. Roberts
    Pages 137-155
  8. Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Enterobacteria

    • U. Dobrindt, U. Hentschel, J. B. Kaper, J. Hacker
    Pages 157-175
  9. Phylogenetic Relationships and Virulence Evolution in the Genus Bordetella

    • F. von Wintzingerode, G. Gerlach, B. Schneider, R. Gross
    Pages 177-199
  10. Pathogenicity Islands and PAI-Like Structures in Pseudomonas Species

    • K. Larbig, C. Kiewitz, B. Tümmler
    Pages 201-211
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 213-231

About this book

It has been known for a number of years that not only pathogenicity islands but also plasmids and bacteriophages are able to carry genes whose products are involved in pathogenic processes. Accordingly, such elements and their products play an important role in pathogenesis due to the intestinal E. coli as well to Shigellae. Another interesting aspect which is reflected in different articles is that genomes evolve by acquisition of new pieces of DNA following gene transfer, but also by genome reduction. Different mechanisms include the deletion of sequences or the elimination of functions by the accumulation of point mutations or rearrangements.

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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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Jörg Hacker

  • Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    James B. Kaper

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes

  • Book Subtitle: Volume I

  • Editors: Jörg Hacker, James B. Kaper

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56031-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-42682-0Published: 12 March 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56031-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 444

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Human Genetics

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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