Bacterial pili play important roles as environmental sensors, in host colonization and in biofilm formation, enabling bacteria to interact with the environment, with surfaces and with other bacteria and host cells. Most bacteria, both Gram positive and Gram negative, and almost …
Streptococcus Pneumoniae: Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions provides a comprehensive overview of our existing knowledge on Streptococcus pneumoniae antibiotic resistance, dissemination, and pathogenesis, including immunology. It presents a state-of-the-art overv…
by Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau, Hobbs, Marcia Metzgar
fromLippincott illustrated reviews
Bacillus Subtilis: a Genomic View --Bacillus subtilis: from Cells to Genes and from Genes to Cells /Abraham L. Sonenshein, James A. Hoch, Richard Losick --The Bacillus subtilis Genome, Genes, and Functions /Ivan Moszer --Cell Architecture --The Dynamic Architecture of the Bacill…
Focusing on issues of gene organization, regulation, and evolution in the context of the whole life of the cell, this new volume complements the editors' classic 1993 volume Bacillus subtilis and Other Gram-Positive Bacteria. Building upon the previous edition, Bacillus subtilis…
"Gram-positive bacteria, lacking an outer membrane and related secretory systems and having a thick peptidoglycan, have developed novel approaches to pathogenesis by acquiring (among others) a unique family of surface proteins, toxins, enzymes, and prophages. For the new edition…
