Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of pathogenesis /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
16. |
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Table of contents only Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- Genomes in motion : gene transfer as a catalyst for genome change / Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Heather Hendrickson
- Bacterial recombination in vivo / Xavier Didelot and Daniel Falush
- Phage-bacterium co-evolution and its implication for bacterial pathogenesis / Harald Brüssow
- The role of bacteriophages in the generation and spread of bacterial pathogens / Roger W. Hendrix and Sherwood R. Casjens
- Genomic islands in the bacterial chromosome : paradigms of evolution in quantum leaps / Tobias Ölschläger and Jörg Hacker
- Genomic islands in plant-pathogenic bacteria / Dawn L. Arnold and Robert W. Jackson
- Prophage contribution to salmonella virulence and diversity / Sébastien Lemire, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi
- Pathogenic yersinia : stepwise gain of virulence due to sequential acquisition of mobile genetic elements / Elisabeth Carniel
- Genomic or pathogenicity islands in streptococcus pneumoniae / Barbara Albiger ... [et al.]
- The mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard P. Novick
- Influence of human lifestyle on dissemination of transferable elements / Wolfgang Witte
- Eukaryotic gene transfer : adaptation and replacements / Jan O. Andersson
- Lessons in evolution from genome reduction in bacterial endosymbionts / Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre.