Horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of pathogenesis / edited by Michael Hensel, Herbert Schmidt.

Other author Hensel, Michael, 1962-
Other author Schmidt, Herbert, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxvii, 356 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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SeriesAdvances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 16
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 16. ^A591511
Contents Genomes in motion : gene transfer as a catalyst for genome change / Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Heather Hendrickson -- Bacterial recombination in vivo / Xavier Didelot and Daniel Falush -- Phage-bacterium co-evolution and its implication for bacterial pathogenesis / Harald Brüssow -- The role of bacteriophages in the generation and spread of bacterial pathogens / Roger W. Hendrix and Sherwood R. Casjens -- Genomic islands in the bacterial chromosome : paradigms of evolution in quantum leaps / Tobias Ölschläger and Jörg Hacker -- Genomic islands in plant-pathogenic bacteria / Dawn L. Arnold and Robert W. Jackson -- Prophage contribution to salmonella virulence and diversity / Sébastien Lemire, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi -- Pathogenic yersinia : stepwise gain of virulence due to sequential acquisition of mobile genetic elements / Elisabeth Carniel -- Genomic or pathogenicity islands in streptococcus pneumoniae / Barbara Albiger ... [et al.] -- The mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard P. Novick -- Influence of human lifestyle on dissemination of transferable elements / Wolfgang Witte -- Eukaryotic gene transfer : adaptation and replacements / Jan O. Andersson -- Lessons in evolution from genome reduction in bacterial endosymbionts / Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007041583
ISBN9780521862974 (hardback)
ISBN0521862973 (hardback)