Evolution of microbial pathogens /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2006.
Description:	xiii, 355 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pathogenic bacteria -- Evolution. Bacterial genetics. Bacteria -- genetics. Bacteria -- pathogenicity. Evolution, Molecular. Fungi -- genetics. Fungi -- pathogenicity. Bacterial genetics.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5897196

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Other authors / contributors:	Seifert, H. Steven. DiRita, Victor J.
ISBN:	1555813003 (hardcover) 9781555813000
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Introduction
I. General Concepts of Microbial Evolution
1. Part I Overview
2. Studying Evolution Using Genome Sequence Data
3. Population Dynamics of Bacterial Pathogens
4. The Study of Microbial Adaptation by Long-Term Experimental Evolution
5. The Contribution of Pathogenicity Islands to the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens
6. Black Holes and Antivirulence Genes: Selection for Gene Loss as Part of the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens
II. Environment and the Evolution of Microbial Pathogens
7. Part II Overview
8. Evolution of Pathogens in Soil
9. Experimental Models of Symbiotic Host-Microbial Relationships: Understanding the Underpinnings of Beneficence and the Origins of Pathogenesis
10. The Evolution of Bacterial Toxins
11. Function, Evolution, and Classification of Macromolecular Transport Systems
12. The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
III. Evolution of Selected Pathogenic Species and Mechanisms
13. Part III Overview
14. Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus: Evolution, Reemergence, and Strain Diversification
15. Evolution of Enteric Pathogens
16. Mycobacterial Evolution: Insights from Genomics and Population Genetics
17. The Evolution of Human Fungal Pathogens
Index

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