Dormancy and Low Growth States in Microbial Disease

Herausgeber: Coates, Anthony R. M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2003, this is a comprehensive review of research concerning microbial dormancy in the context of human disease.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521187848
• ISBN-10: 0521187842
• Artikelnr.: 32735690

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Physiological and molecular aspects of growth, non-growth,
culturability and viability in bacteria Mike Barer; 2. Survival of
environmental and host-associated stress Petra Dersch and Regine
Hengge-Aronis; 3. Surviving the immune response: an immunologist's
perspective David R. Katz and Gabriele Pollara; 4. Quantitative and
qualitative changes in bacterial activity controlled by interbacterial
signaling Simon Swift; 5. Mechanisms of stationary-phase mutagenesis in
bacteria and their relevance to antibiotic resistance Digby F. Warner and
Valerie Mizrahi; 6. Dormancy, biofilms and resistance Anthony W. Smith and
Michael R. W. Brown; 7. Tuberculosis Yanmin Hu and Anthony R. M. Coates; 8.
Gastritis and peptic ulceration Stewart Goodwin; 9. Resumption of yeast
cell proliferation from stationary phase Gerald C. Johnston; 10. Resting
state in seeds of higher plants; dormancy, persistence and resilience to
abiotic and biotic stresses Hugh W. Pritchard.