Food-borne microbes
Subtitle: shaping the host ecosystem
By: edited by Lee-Ann Jaykus, Hua H. Wang, Larry S. Schlesinger.
Contributors: Jaykus, Lee-Ann.; Wang, Hua H. 1965-; Schlesinger, Larry S.; American Society for Microbiology.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781555814052
Subjects: Food -- Microbiology; Microbial ecology; Gastrointestinal system -- Microbiology; Food Microbiology; Ecosystem; Food Contamination; Host-Pathogen Interactions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The oral microbial ecosystem and beyond / Howard F. Jenkinson and Richard J. Lamont; title: The gut microbiome : current understanding and future perspectives / Zhongtang Yu and Mark Morrison; title: Natural microbial ecosystems and their progression in fresh foods / James M. Jay; title: Microbial succession and gut health : probiotics / Gerald W. Tannock; title: Interactions between environmental microbial ecosystems and humans : the case of the water environment and antibiotic resistance / Chuanwu Xi ... [et al.]; title: Biofilms in the food environment / Joseph F. Frank; title: Quorum sensing and signal transduction in biofilms : the impacts of bacterial social behavior on biofilm ecology / Yung-Hua Li; title: Molecular mechanisms of microbial survival in foods / Francisco Diez-Gonzalez and Julie Kuruc; title: Using microbial succession to the processor's advantage : food fermentation and biocontrol / Trevor G. Phister; title: The interaction of bile salts with pathogenic and nonpathogenic intestinal bacteria / Robert W. Crawford and John S. Gunn; title: The influence of helminths on immunological diseases / Joel V. Weinstock and David M. Elliott; title: The evolution of antibiotic-resistant microbes in foods and host ecosystems / Marilyn C. Roberts; title: Antimicrobial resistance in food-borne pathogens / David G. White and Patrick F. McDermott; title: Commensal bacteria, microbial ecosystems, and horizontal gene transmission : adjusting our focus for strategic breakthroughs against antibiotic resistance / Hua H. Wang; title: Antibiotic resistance and the fitness of enteric pathogens / Qijing Zhang and Dan I. Andersson; title: Staphylococcus aureus : the "superbug" / Michael Otto; title: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis : an unconventional pathogen? / Srinand Sreevatsan, Natalia Cernicchiaro, and Radhey Kaushik; title: Molecular methods to study complex microbial communities / Dionysios A. Antonopoulos ... [et al.]; title: Mathematical modeling of microbial ecology: spatial dynamics of interactions in biofilms and guts / Jan-Ulrich Kreft.