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Phages : their role in bacterial pathogenesis and biotechnology /

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Other Authors: Waldor, Matthew K. (Editor), Friedman, David I. (Editor), Adhya, Sankar Lal (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2005.
Series:Monograph, ASM Press.
Subjects:
Bacteriophages.
Bioengineering.
Biotechnology.
Bacteriophages > genetics
Bacteriophages > pathogenicity
Biotechnology
Bacteriophages
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • History of phage research and phage therapy / William C. Summers
  • Phage biology / Richard Calendar and Ross Inman
  • Lysogeny, prophage induction, and lysogenic conversion / John W. Little
  • Bacteriophage evolution and the role of phages in host evolution / Roger W. Hendrix
  • Phage ecology and bacterial pathogenesis / Mya Breitbart, Forest Rohwer and Stephen T. Abedon
  • Phage lysis / Ry Young
  • Lambdoid phages and shiga toxin
  • Jessica S. Tyler, Jonathan Livny, and David I. Friedman.
  • Prophage arsenal of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium / Lionello Bossi and Nara Figueroa-Bossi
  • Virulence-linked bacteriophages of pathogenic vibrios / Brigid M. Davis and Matthew K. Waldor
  • Bordetella phages / A. Hodes, S. Doulatov, and J.F. Miller
  • Mycoplasma phages / Kevin Dybvig, Anh-Hue Tu, and Brenda Clapper
  • Mycobacteriophages: pathogenesis and applications / Graham F. Hatfull
  • Phages and bacterial vaginosis / Lin Tao, Sylvia I. Pavlova, and Ali O. Kilidc
  • Bacteriophages encoding botulinum and diphtheria toxins / Eric A. Johnson
  • Staphylococcal phages / Avery M. Matthews and Richard P. Novick.
  • Contribution of phages to group A streptococcus genetic diversity and pathogenesis / David J. Banks, Stephen B. Beres, and James M. Musser
  • Pneumococcal phages / Pedro García [and others]
  • Listeria phages: basics and applications / Martin J. Loessner and Catherine E.D. Rees
  • Recombineering in prokaryotes
  • Lynn C. Thomason [and others]
  • Polysaccharide-degrading phages / Dean Scholl and Carl Merril
  • Phage display: a molecular fashion show / Amita Gupta, Amos B. Oppenheim, and Vijay K. Chaudhary
  • Use of phages in therapy and bacterial detection / Michael McKinstry and Rotem Edgar.