Bacillus anthracis and Anthrax (eBook)

Nicholas H. Bergman (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 1. Auflage
342 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-89118-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The study of Bacillus Anthracis remains at the forefront of microbiology research because of its potential use as a bioterror agent and its role in shaping our understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and innate immunity. Bacillus Anthracis and Anthrax provides a comprehensive guide to all aspects of the organism, ranging from basic biology to public health issues associated with anthrax. This book will be a premier reference for B. Anthracis and anthrax to microbiologists, medical and public health professionals, bioterror research and preparedness, immunologists, and physiologists.

Autor

Dr. Bergman is an assistant?professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology. He also serves as a Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Dr. Bergman's current research areas involve medical microbiology, host-pathogen interactions, anthrax, bacterial gene regulation and genomics.

Inhalt

Preface.

Contributors.

1. Anthrax from 5000 BC to AD 2010 (Peter C. B.
Turnbull and Sean V. Shadomy).

2. Outer Structures of the Bacillus anthracis
Spore (Adam Driks and Michael Mallozzi).

3. Anthrax Spore Germination (Nathan Fisher, Katherine
A. Carr, Jonathan D. Giebel, and Philip C. Hanna).

4. Genetic Manipulation Methods in Bacillus
anthracis (Brian K. Janes and Scott Stibitz).

5. The Bacillus anthracis Genome (Timothy D.
Read).

6. Bacillus anthracis Plasmids: Species Definition or
Niche Adaptation? (David A. Rasko).

7. Iron Acquisition by Bacillus anthracis (Gleb
Pishchany and Eric P. Skaar).

8. Anthrax Toxins (Mahtab Moayeri and Stephen H.
Leppla).

9. Bacillus anthracis Virulence Gene Regulation
(Jason M. Rall and Theresa M. Koehler).

10. The Interactions between Bacillus anthracis and
Macrophages (Susan L. Welkos, Joel A. Bozue, and Christopher
K. Cote).

11. Bacillus anthracis and Dendritic Cells: A
Complicated Battle (Jean-Nicolas Tournier and Anne
Quesnel-Hellmann).

12. Bacillus anthracis Dissemination through Hosts
(Ian J. Glomski).

13. Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Anthrax in
Humans (Jeannette Guarner and Carlos del Rio).

14. Anthrax Vaccines (Elke Saile and Conrad P.
Quinn).

15. Anthrax as a Weapon of War and Terrorism (Leonard
A. Cole).

Index.

Rezensionen

"Otherwise, presentation is good, and the running heads that allow
navigation within chapters are helpful." (Society for General
Microbiology, 25 May 2011)



"Microbiologists, pathologists, and other biological researchers
provide a reference on the pathogen and its disease that
incorporates the new information and understandings provided by
such innovations as gene sequencing, improved animal models, and
efficient methods for genetic manipulation; all backed by the
massive funding and accelerated research associated with The global
war on terror after the still-unsolved anthrax attack on opposition
politicians in 2001. Their topics include the outer structure of
the Bacillus anthracis spore, the genome, iron acquisition
by the bacteria, anthrax toxins, interactions with macrophages,
dissemination through hosts, vaccines, and anthrax as a weapon of
war and terrorism." (Reference and Research Book News,
February 2011)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.11.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biowissenschaften • clinical microbiology • infectious disease • Infektionskrankheiten • Klinische Mikrobiologie • Life Sciences • Medical Science • Medizin • Microbiology & Virology • Mikrobiologie u. Virologie
• ISBN-10: 0-470-89118-1 / 0470891181
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-89118-6 / 9780470891186