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9780521846387

Bacterial Cell-to-Cell Communication: Role in Virulence and Pathogenesis

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521846387

  • ISBN10:

    0521846382

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-03-06
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Many bacterial diseases are caused by organisms growing together as communities or biofilms. These microorganisms have the capacity to coordinately regulate specific sets of genes by sensing and communicating amongst themselves utilizing a variety of signals. This book examines the mechanisms of quorum sensing and cell-to-cell communication in bacteria and the roles that these processes play in regulating virulence, bacterial interactions with host tissues, and microbial development. Recent studies suggest that microbial cell-to-cell communication plays an important role in the pathogenesis of a variety of disease processes.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
ix
Preface xiii
Quorum sensing and regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
1(22)
Victoria E. Wagner
Barbara H. Iglewski
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal
23(16)
Everett C. Pesci
Quorum-sensing-mediated regulation of plant-bacteria interactions and Agrobacterium tumefaciens virulence
39(26)
Catharine E. White
Stephen C. Winans
Jamming bacterial communications: new strategies to combat bacterial infections and the development of biofilms
65(36)
Michael Givskov
Morten Hentzer
Quorum-sensing-mediated regulation of biofilm growth and virulence of Vibrio cholerae
101(16)
Jun Zhu
John J. Mekalanos
LuxS in cellular metabolism and cell-to-cell signaling
117(34)
Kangmin Duan
Michael G. Surette
LuxS-dependent regulation of Escherichia coli virulence
151(24)
Marcie B. Clarke
Vanessa Sperandio
Quorum sensing and cell-to-cell communication in the dental biofilm
175(24)
Donald R. Demuth
Richard J. Lamont
Quorum-sensing-dependent regulation of staphylococcal virulence and biofilm development
199(34)
Jeremy M. Yarwood
Cell-density-dependent regulation of streptococcal competence
233(36)
M. Dilani Senadheera
Celine Levesque
Dennis G. Cvitkovitch
Signaling by a cell-surface-associated signal during fruiting-body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus
269(32)
Lotte Sogaard-Andersen
Index 301

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