The other end of the microscope : the bacteria tell their own story : a fantasy
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The other end of the microscope : the bacteria tell their own story : a fantasy
ASM Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A unique and fascinating look at the relationship between bacteria and humans, told from the bacteria's perspective. * Features clever sketches of a variety of microbes that provide information on their internal structure, niches and habitats, physiology, modes of survival, association with human diseases, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, all from the bacterial point of view. * Offers new insights into the activities of this hidden world, where microbes can ultimately protect themselves against virtually any natural or human-invented adversity. * Educates scientists, students and teachers, and the science-interested lay public.
This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Prologue
A Time of Wonder
Thermotoga maritima
The Assembly Begins
Moraxella lacunata's Keynote Address
Acinetobacter's Keynote Address
Session 1: Habits and Niches
Legionella's Story
Helicobacter's Story
Session 2: Bacterial Structure and Function
Presentation of Micrococcus luteus: "The Wonders of the Bacterial Structure"
Discourse of Enterobacter aerogenes
Session 3: Microbial Pathogenesis and Human Infection
Stenotrophomonas' Introduction
Discourse of Staphylococcus aureus
The Oration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The Oration of Escherichia coli
Message of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Message of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Message of Treponema pallidum
Session 4: Antimicrobal Mechanisms and Defenses
Address of Bacillus JK
Address of Enterococcus faecium: Mechanisms of Antibiotic Action and Bacterial Resistance
Penicillin-binding proteins--and their alteration
Beta-lactams--and beta-lactamases
Invasion through outer membranes and porins--and changing the locks
Stalling ribosomal assembly--and modifying the ribosomal plant
Stalling NDA gyrase--and spinning the wheel
Disruption of metabolic pathways--and new detours
Closing Comments: Bacillus JK
Final General Assembly: the Renaming of Homo sapiens
Epilogue
Further Reading
Index
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