Overview

This book offers unique coverage of all presently known amoeba-resistant microorganisms and their significance in the study of infectious diseases. It highlights the role of free-living amoebae as a widespread evolutionary crib for the development of virulence traits in resistant microbes, including the ability of intracellular bacteria to survive to other phagocytic cells such as human macrophages. The emphasis is on public health risks associated with the presence in drinking water of intra-amoebal bacteria as well as the ecology and pathogenic role of amoebae-resisting bacteria as new emerging human pathogens.

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Author:   Gilbert Greub
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:  

9781118102992

ISBN 10:   1118102991
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   09 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. First part Chapter 1 Introduction Gilbert Greub II. Free-living amoebae and amoebae-resisting bacteria Chapter 2 Biodiversity of free-living amoebae Julia Walochnik Chapter 3 Culture and identification of free-living amoebae Alexey Smirnov Chapter 4 Ecology and diversity of amoebal symbionts and amoebal pathogens Vincent Thomas III. Legionella Chapter 5 L. pneumophila and Legionnaires disease: epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic and treatment Sophie Jarraud Chapter 6 Other Legionella species, including the Legionella-like amoebal pathogens (LLSPs), and including aspects on epidemiology and pathogenic role Max Maurin Chapter 7 Occurrence of and factors promoting legionellae growth in engineered systems Helen Y. Buse, Mary E. Schoen and Nicholas Ashbolt Chapter 8 Importance of different secretion systems in the biology of Legionella and in its interactions with amoebae Nicholas Cianciotto Chapter 9 Genomes of Legionella species Ajay Kumar Mishra and Pierre-Edouard Fournier Chapter 10 Acanthamoeba: natural host and infection model of Legionella Christopher Harrison and Hubert Hilbi Chapter 11 Dictyostelium as a model to study the biology of Legionella Olga Shevchuk and Michael Steinert IV. Mycobacteria Chapter 12 Medical importance of Mycobacteria Noemie Boillat and Gilbert Greub Chapter 13 Biodiversity and ecology of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Joseph O Falkinham Chapter 14 Mycobacteria in water resources: prevalence, risk assessment, and prevention Jean Francois Loret and Nadine Dumoutier Chapter 15 Amoebae interactions with Mycobacteria Katri P. Anttonen and Jeffrey D. Cirillo Chapter 16 Relationships between free-living bacteria and Mycobacteria Toidi Adekombi and Michel Drancourt Chapter 17 Dictyostelium as a model to study the biology of Mycobacteria Thierry Soldati V. Chlamydia-related organisms Chapter 18 Diversity and ecology of the Chlamydiales bacteria Julia Lienard and Gilbert Greub Chapter 19 Pathogenic role of Chlamydia-related bacteria in humans Frederic Lamoth, David Baud and Gilbert Greub Chapter 20 Biology of Chlamydia-related bacteria Nicolas Jacquier and Gilbert Greub Chapter 21 The breakthrough of Chlamydiales genomics Claire Bertelli and Gilbert Greub Chapter 22 Pathogenic role of Chlamydia-related bacteria in ruminants and companion animals Nicole Borel and Andreas Pospischil Chapter 23 Epitheliocystis and the importance of Chlamydia-related bacteria on fish health Loyd Vaughan, Alexander Fehr, Elisabeth Walther and Heike Schmidt-Posthaus Chapter 24 The global impact of chlamydial infections on wildlife Courtney Waugh and Adam Polkinghorne VI. Other amoebae-resisting microorganisms Chapter 25 Amoebae-resisting novel bacteria Bernard La Scola Chapter 26 Eukayotic endoparasites of free-living Amoebae Rolf Michel Chapter 27 Acanthamoeba polyphage minivirus and other viruses infecting phagocytic parasites Bernard La Scola VII. Conclusions Chapter 28 Future perspectives and concluding remarks Gilbert Greub

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