Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of pathogenic microbes

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Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of pathogenic microbes

edited by J. Hacker and J.B. Kaper

(Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 264)

Springer, c2002

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9783540426813

Description

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 due 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.

Table of Contents

Evolution of prokaryotic genomes.-Extraintestinal Escherichia coli as a model system for the study of pathogenicity islands.-Pathogenicity islands fo intestinal E. coli.-Pathogenicity islands of Shigella.-Pathogenicity islands and host adaptation of Samonella serovars.-Plasmids and pathogenicity islands of Yersinia.-Genomic structure of LPS-specific loci.-Genomic structure of capsular determinants.-Genome Plasticity of Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Enterobacteria.-Phylogenetic Relationships and Virulence Evolution in the Genus Bordetella.-Pathogenicity Islands and PAI-Like Structures in Pseudomonas Species.-Subject Index
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9783540426820

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Helicobacter pylori: Impact of gene transfer and the role of the cag pathogenicity islands for host adaptation and virulence.-The genus Neisseria: population structure, genome plasticity, and evolution of pathogenicity.-Genomic islands of Dichelobacter nodosus.-Phages and other mobile virulence elements in gram-positive pathogens.-Genome structure and evolution of the Bacillus cereus group.-Pathogenicity islands and virulence plasmids of bacterial plant pathogens.- Genome structure of pathogenic fungi.- Impact of integrons and transposons on the evolution of resistance and virulence.-Subject index

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  • NCID
    BA56633220
  • ISBN
    • 3540426817
    • 3540426825
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    24 cm
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