Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1695 g
a Molecular Approach
Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Format (B × H): 217 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1695 g
ISBN: 978-1-55581-418-2
Verlag: American Society for Microbiology
Focuses on core principles based on the growing understanding of the underlying similarities among pathogens and their mechanisms of action, and is a recommended text for one-semester microbiology courses.
Presents the latest research to help students explore the mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens cause infections in humans and animals.
Includes new coverage of key findings on the mechanisms of bacterial secretion, toxins, and regulation.
This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
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Table of Contents
1. The Power of Bacteria
2. Skin and Mucosa: the First Lines of Defense against Bacterial Infections
3. The Innate Immune System: Always on Guard
4. The Second Line of Defense: Antibodies and Cytotoxic T Cells
5. The Normal Human Microbiota
6. Microbes and Disease: Establishing a Connection
7. Mechanisms of Genetic Modification and Exchange: Role in Pathogen Evolution
8. Identification of Virulence Factors: Measuring Infectivity and Virulence
9. Identification of Virulence Factors: Molecular Approaches for Bacterial Factors
10. Identification of Virulence Factors: Molecular Approaches for Host Factors
11. Bacterial Strategies for Evading or Surviving Host Defense Systems
12. Toxins and Other Toxic Virulence Factors
13. Delivery of Virulence Factors
14. Virulence Regulation
15. Antibiotics and Their Targets
16. How Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics
17. Vaccination—an Underappreciated Component of the Modern Medical Armamentarium
18. The Gram-Positive Opportunistic Pathogens
19. The Gram-Negative Opportunistic Pathogens
20. Biosecurity: the Changing Roles of Microbiologists in an Age of Bioterrorism and Emerging Diseases
