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Microbial ecology and infectious disease
xv, 319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Pt. 1. Bacterial ecophysiology -- Introduction / James A. Shapiro -- Common themes in pathogenesis and development in Myxococcus xanthus / Martin Dworkin -- The plasticity of marine bacteria: adaptations to high- and low-nutrient habitats / Ronald Weiner -- Survival strategies in the stationary phase / A. Martin ... [et al.] -- Pt. 2. Adhesion and invasion mechanisms -- Introduction / Emanuel Hanski -- From dental plaque to oral biofilm: a molecular odyssey / Jack London -- Microbial interference in the colonization of silicone rubber implant surfaces in the oropharynx: Streptococcus thermophilus against a mixed fungal/bacterial biofilm / Henk J. Busscher ... [et al.] -- Confocal microscopy in the study of the interactions between microorganisms and cells / Ilan Tsarfaty ... [et al.] -- Cross-talk between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and host epithelial cells / Ilan Rosenshine, Yuan Fang -- Pore formation by anthrax protective antigen / Ericka L. Benson ... [et al.] -- Pt. 3. Environmental signals controlling gene expression -- Introduction / David Gutnick -- Quorum sensing in gram-negative bacteria: an important signaling mechanism in symbiosis and disease / E. Peter Greenberg -- Involvement of host factors in regulating the lux system of Vibrio fischeri / S. Ulitzur -- Death by disinfection: molecular approaches to understanding bacterial sensitivity and resistance to free chlorine / Shimshon Belkin ... [et al.] -- Control elements in the regulation of bacterial heat shock response / Eliora Z. Ron ... [et al.] -- Pt. 4. Ecology of specific human pathogens -- Introduction / Itzhak Ofek -- Horizontal gene transfer in the emergence of virulent Vibrio cholerae / Su L. Chiang, John J. Mekalanos -- Intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila in human and environmental hosts / Gil Segal, Howard A. Shuman -- Molecular, cell biological, and ecological aspects of infection by Listeria monocytogenes / Eva M. Busch, Eugen Domann, Trinad Chakraborty -- Pathogenesis of the intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica / David Mirelman, Serge Ankri -- Is tuberculosis really an emerging or a reemerging disease? / Hervé Bercovier -- Pt. 5. Microbe-host associations -- Introduction / Ronald Weiner -- Ecology of a benign 'infection': colonization of the squid luminous organ by Vibrio fischeri / Edward G. Ruby -- Initial interactions of Agrobacterium tumefaciens with plants / Ann G. Matthysse -- Effect of temperature on bacterial bleaching of corals / E. Rosenberg ... [et al.] -- Pt. 6. Driving forces in microbial ecology -- Introduction / Elisha Orr -- Natural genetic engineering, adaptive mutation, and bacterial evolution / James A. Shapiro -- Multidrug resistance transporters in Escherichia coli / Eitan Bibi ... [et al.] -- Complex pattern formation and cooperative organization of bacterial colonies / David L. Gutnick, Eshel Ben-Jacob -- Cell biology of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy prions: do prions replicate on cholesterol-rich membrane rafts? / Albert Taraboulos.
Includes bibliographical references and index.