Overview

Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen. Newly revised and updated for its second edition, Microsporidia will continue to be the standard text reference for these pathogenic protists, and is an indispensable research resource for biologists, physicians and parasitologists. This new edition of this publication provides systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen by leading experts in the field, and will be combined with descriptions of the methods and resources for working with this pathogen. • Provides a comprehensive summary of literature on microsporidia and microsporidiosis • The long-awaited update to the standard microsporidia reference text The Microsporidia and Microsporidiosis • Written by an international team of authors representing each of the main research groups working on microsporidia • Chapters provide comprehensive overviews of general methodology as well as special techniques related to these organisms

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Author:   Louis M. Weiss ,  James J. Becnel
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   2.087kg
ISBN:  

9781118395226

ISBN 10:   1118395220
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   10 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1. Structure of Microsporidia 1 Jiří Vávra and J. I. Ronny Larsson 2. Developmental Morphology and Life Cycles of the Microsporidia 71 Ann Cali and Peter M. Takvorian 3. Epidemiology of Microsporidia in Human Infections 135 Ronald Fayer and Monica Santin-Duran 4. Epizootiology of Microsporidiosis in Invertebrate Hosts 165 Leellen F. Solter 5. Phylogenetic Place of Microsporidia in the Tree of Eukaryotes 195 Patrick J. Keeling 6. Phylogeny of the Microsporidia 203 Charles R. Vossbrinck, Bettina A. Debrunner-Vossbrinck and Louis M. Weiss 7. Microsporidian Genome Structure and Function 221 Patrick J. Keeling, Naomi M. Fast and Nicolas Corradi 8. Sex and the Microsporidia 231 Soo Chan Lee, Joseph Heitman and Joseph E. Ironside 9. Microsporidian Biochemistry and Physiology 245 Bryony A. P. Williams, Viacheslav V. Dolgikh and Yuliya Y. Sokolova 10. The Microsporidian Polar Tube and Spore Wall 261 Louis M. Weiss, Frédéric Delbac, J. Russell Hayman, Guoqing Pan, Xiaoqun Dang and Zeyang Zhou 11. The Immunology of Microsporidiosis in Mammals 307 Elizabeth S. Didier and Imtiaz A. Khan 12. Mammalian Animal Models of Human Microsporidiosis 327 Elizabeth S. Didier 13. Microsporidia Infections in Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Nematodes 341 Malina A. Bakowski, Robert J. Luallen and Emily R. Troemel 14. The Zebrafish as a Model for Microsporidiosis 357 Justin L. Sanders and Michael L. Kent 15. Clinical Syndromes Associated with Microsporidiosis 371 Louis M. Weiss 16. Ocular Microsporidiosis 403 Savitri Sharma, Praveen K. Balne and Sujata Das 17. Laboratory Diagnosis of Microsporidia 421 Kaya Ghosh, David Schwartz and Louis M. Weiss 18. Culture and Propagation of Microsporidia 457 Robert Molestina, James J. Becnel and Louis M. Weiss 19. Microsporidia in Higher Vertebrates 469 Karen F. Snowden 20. Microsporidia in Fish 493 Michael L. Kent, Ross W. Shaw and Justin L. Sanders 21. Microsporidia in Insects 521 James J. Becnel and Theodore G. Andreadis 22. Microsporidia, Honeybees, and Colony Collapse Disorder 571 Ingemar Fries 23. Microsporidia in Aquatic Invertebrates 579 Grant D. Stentiford and Alison M. Dunn 24. The Primitive Microsporidia 605 J. I. Ronny Larsson 25. Microsporidia Biological Control Agents and Pathogens of Beneficial Insects 635 Susan Bjørnson and David Oi Appendix A. Checklist of Available Generic Names for Microsporidia with Type Species and Type Hosts 671 James J. Becnel, Peter M. Takvorian and Ann Cali Appendix B. MicrosporidiaDB: the Functional Genomic Resource for Microsporidia 687 Omar S. Harb (on behalf of the EuPathDB group) Index 695

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<p> This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47 contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surely destined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeable future. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity and importance of these newcomers to kingdom Fungi, and I have no doubt that most mycologists will have a similar reaction. (IMA Fungus, 1 December 2014) <p>

<p> This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surelydestined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeablefuture. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity andimportance of these newcomers to kingdom Fungi, and Ihave no doubt that most mycologists will have a similarreaction. (IMA Fungus, 1 December 2014) <p>

This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surelydestined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeablefuture. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity andimportance of these newcomers to kingdom Fungi, and Ihave no doubt that most mycologists will have a similarreaction. (IMA Fungus, 1 December 2014)

This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47 contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surely destined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeable future. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity and importance of these newcomers to kingdom Fungi, and I have no doubt that most mycologists will have a similar reaction. (IMA Fungus, 1 December 2014)

Author Information

Louis M. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H. is an attending physician at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, and at the Bronx Municipal Hospital, where he also serves as a consulting physician in parasitology and tropical medicine. Dr. Weiss is a peer reviewer for numerous journals including the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Parasitology Research, and Clinical Infectious Disease. The author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Weiss has contributed chapters and monographs to dozens of books in the field, andis a co-editor of five previous books on parasitology and infectious disease. James J. Becnel, Ph.D, is Lead Scientist and Research Entomologist with the USDA-ARS in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Becnel serves on the editorial boards for Journal of Invertebrate Pathology and Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, and has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on parasitology and entomology related topics.

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