The Pneumococcus
Contributors: Elaine I. Tuomanen (Editor); Timothy J. Mitchell (Editor); Donald Morrison (Editor); Brian G. Spratt (Editor)
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9781555812973
Subjects: Bacteriology; pathogenicity; Pneumococcal Infections; Infectious Diseases; physiopathology; Science; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Science/Mathematics; Reference; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Microbiology; physiology
First sentence: The pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae or diplococcus) has been profoundly important in our understanding of the human response to infectious disease, the nature of genetic material, and natural transformation as a means of genetic exchange, as well as in the recognition of bacterial resistance to drugs (1).