The Biology of Vibrios

by Thompson, Fabiano L.; Austin, Brian; Swings, Jean

• ISBN13: 9781555813659
• ISBN10: 1555813658
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-31
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

Textbook examines the latest developments in the knowledge of vibrios, including improvements in the taxonomy, ecology, and pathogenicity of the group. Includes isolation, enumeration, and preservation; classification and phylogeny; genome evolution; physiology; habitat and ecology; animal pathogens; and more. For ecologists and genome researchers. DNLM: Vibrio.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
I. Introduction
A Global and Historical Perspective of the Genus Vibrio	3	(12)
R. R. Colwell
II. Isolation, Enumeration, and Preservation
Isolation, Enumeration, and Preservation of the Vibrionaceae	15	(14)
Bruno Gomez-Gil
Ana Roque
III. Classification and Phylogeny
Taxonomy of the Vibrios	29	(15)
Fabiano L. Thompson
Jean Swings
Molecular Identification	44	(23)
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
IV. Genome Evolution
Comparative Genomics: Genome Configuration and the Driving Forces in the Evolution of Vibrios	67	(9)
Tetsuya Iida
Ken Kurokawa
Gene Duplicates in Vibrio Genomes	76	(8)
Dirk Gevers
Yves Van de Peer
The Roles of Lateral Gene Transfer and Vertical Descent in Vibrio Evolution	84	(11)
Yan Boucher
Hatch W. Stokes
The Adaptive Genetic Arsenal of Pathogenic Vibrio Species: the Role of Integrons	95	(20)
Dean A. Rowe-Magnus
Mohammed Zouine
Didier Mazel
V. Physiology
Motility and Chemotaxis	115	(18)
Linda L. McCarter
Adaptive Responses of Vibrios	133	(23)
Diane McDougald
Staffan Kjelleberg
Extremophilic Vibrionaceae	156	(19)
Douglas H. Bartlett
VI. Habitat and Ecology
Aquatic Environment	175	(15)
Hidetoshi Urakawa
Irma Nelly G. Rivera
Dynamics of Vibrio Populations and Their Role in Environmental Nutrient Cycling	190	(14)
Janelle R. Thompson
Martin F. Polz
The Vibrio fischeri--Euprymna scolopes Light Organ Symbiosis	204	(15)
Eric V. Stabb
The Mutual Partnership between Vibrio halioticoli and Abalones	219	(12)
Tomoo Sawabe
Vibrios in Coral Health and Disease	231	(8)
Eugene Rosenberg
Omry Koren
Vibrio cholerae Populations and Their Role in South America	239	(12)
Ana Carolina P. Vicente
Irma Nelly G. Rivera
Michelle D. Vieira
Ana Coelho
VII. Animal Pathogens
The Biology and Pathogenicity of Vibrio anguillarum and V. ordalii	251	(15)
Jorge H. Crosa
Luis A. Actis
Marcelo E. Tolmasky
Vibrio harveyi: Pretty Problems in Paradise	266	(15)
Leigh Owens
Nancy Busico-Salcedo
Vibrio salmonicida	281	(4)
Brian Austin
Vibrio splendidus	285	(12)
Frederique Le Roux
Brian Austin
Miscellaneous Animal Pathogens	297	(14)
Brian Austin
VIII. The Impact of Genomics and Proteomics in the Study of Human Pathogens
Vibrio cholerae: the Genetics of Pathogenesis and Environmental Persistence	311	(29)
Michael G. Prouty
Karl E. Klose
Vibrio parahaemolyticus	340	(9)
Tetsuya Iida
Kwan-Sam Park
Takeshi Honda
'Vibrio vulnificus	349	(18)
James D. Oliver
Miscellaneous Human Pathogens	367	(18)
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
IX. Epidemiology
Epidemiology	385	(16)
Shah M. Faruque
G. Balakrish Nair
X. Applications
Biotechnological Applications	401	(8)
J. Grant Burgess
XI. Conclusions
Conclusions	409	(8)
Fabiano L. Thompson
Brian Austin
Jean Swings
Index	417