Overview

Revisit the work of a pioneering innovator… Explores the field of bacterial population genetics by highlighting the work of Thomas S. Whittam, best known for his work with enterohemorrhagic E. coli. Features a compilation of research projects and ideas stemming from Dr. Whittam’s work that presents a broad perspective on the historical development of bacterial population genetics. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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Author:   Seth T Walk ,  Peter C. H. Feng
Publisher:   American Society for Microbiology
Imprint:   American Society for Microbiology
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.942kg
ISBN:  

9781555815356

ISBN 10:   1555815359
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   20 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. Introduction: a Personal Homage to Tom Whittam, Mark Achtman I. BACTERIAL EVOLUTION AND THEORY 2. Population Geneticists Discover Bacteria and Their Genetic/Molecular Epidemiology, Bruce R. Levin 3. The Impact of Horizontal Genetic Exchange on Bacterial Population Structure: Insights from the Genera Neisseria and Campylobacter, Martin C. J. Maiden 4. The Genomics of Escherichia coli and Beyond, Chih Horng Kuo, Howard Ochman, and Rahul Raghavan 5. Are Species Cohesive? A View from Bacteriology, Frederick M. Cohan II. ESCHERICHIA COLI AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PATHOGENIC STRAINS 6. The Niche of Escherichia coli, Elizabeth W. Alm, Seth T. Walk, and David M. Gordon 7. Molecular Epidemiology and Population Genetics of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli, James R. Johnson 8. Epidemiology of Argentinean Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Marta Rivas, Isabel Chinen, Elizabeth Miliwebsky, Lucia Galli, Horacio A. Repetto, and Marcelo Masana III. COMMON THEMES AMONG ESCHERICHIA COLI PATHOGENS 9. Gene Acquisition and Loss in the Phylogenetic Lineages of the Invasive Escherichia coli, Alyssa C. Bumbaugh and David W. Lacher 10. Fitness Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Amanda L. Lloyd and Harry L. T. Mobley 11. Genomic and Virulence Heterogeneity of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli, Edward G. Dudley and David A. Rasko 12. Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Louise D. Teel, Angela R. Melton-Celsa, and Alison D. O'Brien IV. THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI 13. The Evolutionary Model of Escherichia coli O157:H7, David W. Lacher 14. Evolutionary Emergence and Impact of Atypical Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains, Peter C. H. Feng and Steven R. Monday 15. Thomas Whittam, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, and the Clinical Relevance of Clonality, Shana R. Leopold and Phillip I. Tarr 16. Sorbitol-Fermenting Enterohemorrhagic Escherchia coli O157:H?, Helge Karch, Phillip I. Tarr, Andrea Ammon, Phillip I. Tarr, and Martina Bielaszewska 17. Molecular Evolution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Application to Epidemiology, Galeb S. Abu-Ali, A. Cody Springman, Lindsey M. Ouellette, Lukas Wick, Weihong Qi, Sivapriya Kalisan Vanaja, Teresa M. Bergholz, David W. Lacher, Seth T. Walk, Jillian A. Tietjen, Hans Steinsland, James T. Riordan, and Shannon D. Manning 18. Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Reservoir Hosts, Thomas E. Besser, Margaret A. Davis, and Seth T. Walk

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