Pathogenicity Islands and Other Mobile Virulence Elements
Contributors: James B. Kaper (Editor); Jorg Hacker (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: September 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781555811617
Subjects: Bacteriology; Genetics (non-medical); Medical microbiology & virology; Science; Medical Microbiology; Virulence (Microbiology); Medical / Nursing; Plasmids; Science/Mathematics; Molecular aspects; Microbiology; Genetics; Immunology; Life Sciences - Bacteriology; Bacterial Genetics; Mobile genetic elements
First sentence: In traditional microbiology, a pathogen is defined as a member of a certain species with the capacity to cause infectious disease.