Title:
Bacterial cell-to-cell communication : role in virulence and pathogenesis
Series:
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 11
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2006
ISBN:
9780521846387
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Searching... | 30000010160188 | QR96.5 B32 2006 | Open Access Book | Book | Searching... |
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Summary
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
| IntroductionDonald R. Demuth and Richard Lamont |
| 1 Quorum sensing and regulation of P. aeruginosa infectionsVictoria E. Wagner and Barbara Iglewski |
| 2 The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signalEverett Pesci |
| 3 Quorum sensing mediated regulation of plant/bacteria interactions and A. tumafaciens virulenceCatharine C. White and Stephen C. Winans |
| 4 Jamming bacterial communications: new strategies to combat bacterial infections and the development of biofilmsMichael Givskov and Morton Hentzer |
| 5 Quorum sensing-mediated regulation of biofilm growth and virulence of Vibriocholerae Jun Zhu and John. J. Mekalanos |
| 6 LuxS in cellular metabolism and cell-cell signalingKangmin Duan and Michael Surette |
| 7 LuxS dependent regulation of E. coli virulenceMarcie B. Clarke and Vanessa Sperandio |
| 8 Quorum sensing and cell-to-cell communication in the dental biofilmDonald R. Demuth and Richard Lamont |
| 9 Quorum sensing-dependent regulation of staphylococcal virulence and biofilm developmentJeremy Yarwood |
| 10 Cell density dependent regulation of streptococcal competenceM. Dilani Senadheera and Celine Levesque and D. Cvitkovitch |
| 11 Signaling by a cell surface-associated signal during fruiting body morphogenesis in Myxococcus xanthusLotte Sogaard-Andersen |
