Phages
Subtitle: Their Role In Bacterial Pathogenesis And Biotechnology
Contributors: Matthew K. Waldor (Editor); David I. Friedman (Editor); Sankar Lal Adhya (Editor)
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: October 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781555813079
Subjects: Medical microbiology & virology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Biotechnology; Science; pathogenicity; Science/Mathematics; genetics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Bacteriophages; Life Sciences - Bacteriology
Description: Provides comprehensive information in following areas: phage-bacteria interactions including: lysogeny, lysogenic conversion, and phage directed host cell lysis; phage regulatory circuits that control virulence gene expression; evolutionary forces in selection and maintenance of phages bearing virulence genes; phage contributions to pathogenicity of E. coli, Salmonella, Mycobacteria, Vibrio, Bordetella, Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Mycoplasma, and Listeria; applied phage technologies, including high frequency recombination and phage display; and critical analysis of phage therapy.