Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of pathogenesis
By: [edited by] Michael Hensel, Herbert Schmidt.
Contributors: Hensel, Michael, 1962-; Schmidt, Herbert, 1961-
Series: Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology -- 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521862974
Subjects: Genetic transformation; Bacterial diseases -- Pathogenesis; Molecular evolution; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Bacterial Infections -- etiology; Evolution, Molecular
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Genomes in motion : gene transfer as a catalyst for genome change / Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Heather Hendrickson; title: Bacterial recombination in vivo / Xavier Didelot and Daniel Falush; title: Phage-bacterium co-evolution and its implication for bacterial pathogenesis / Harald Brüssow; title: Phage conversion : driving forces in the development and spread of bacterial pathogens / Roger W. Hendrix and Sherwood R. Casjens; title: Genomic islands in the bacterial chromosome : paradigms of microevolution in quantum leaps / Tobias Ölschläger and Jörg Hacker; title: Genomic islands in plant-pathogenic bacteria / Dawn L. Arnold and Robert W. Jackson; title: Prophage contribution to salmonella virulence and diversity / Sébastien Lemire, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi; title: Pathogenic yersiniae : stepwise gain of virulence due to sequential acquisition of mobile genetic elements / Elisabeth Carniel; title: Genomic or pathogenicity islands in streptococcus pneumoniae / Barbara Albiger ... [et al.]; title: The mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard P. Novick; title: Influence of human lifestyle on dissemination of transferable elements / Wolfgang Witte; title: Eukaryotic gene transfer : adaptation and replacements / Jan O. Andersson; title: Lessons in evolution from genome reduction in bacterial endosymbionts / Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre.