Pathogenic escherichia coli : molecular and cellular microbiology /
edited by Stefano Morabito, EU Reference Libaoratory ofr E. coli, Instituto Superiore di Sanitŕ, Rome, Italy.
- Norfolk, UK : Caister Academic Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli infections in humans / Pathogenic Escherichia coli in domestic mammals and birds / Genomic plasticity and the emergence of new pathogenic Escherichia coli / Shiga toxin-encoding phages : multifunctional gene ferries / Shiga toxins / Escherichia coli subtilase cytotoxin : structure, function and role in disease / Cell cycle modulating toxins produced by Escherichia coli / The heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Haemolysins / Structural, molecular, and functional characteristics of attaching and effacing lesions / Colonization factor antigens of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and disease / Host cell invasion by pathogenic Escherichia coli / Vaccines against enteric Escherichia coli infections in animals / Perspective of use of vaccines for preventing enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhoea in humans / Rosangela Tozzoli and Flemming Scheutz -- Jacques G. Mainil and John M. Fairbrother -- Shana R. Leopold [and others] -- Maite Muniesa and Herbert Schmidt -- Samuel Juillot and Winifried Römer -- Adrienne W. Paton [and others] -- István Tóth and Domonkos Sváb -- Sascha Kopic, Ahmad Saleh, and John P. Geibel -- Bernt E. Uhlin, Jan Oscarsson, and Sun N. Wai -- H.T. Law and Julian A. Guttman -- Felipe Del Canto and Alfredo G. Torres -- Nadia Boisen, James P. Nataro, and Karen A. Krogfelt -- Adam J. Lewis [and others] -- Eric Cox [and others] -- Weiping Zhang.
This book reviews the most important recent findings of the studies on pathogenic E. coli providing a timely overview of the field. Topics covered include: epidemiology of the disease in humans and animals and the biological mechanisms that shaped the pathogenic types of E. coli; shiga toxins; subtilase cytotoxin; cell cycle modulating toxins; the heat stable and heat labile enterotoxins; haemolysins; structural, molecular and functional characteristics of A/E lesions; colonization factor antigens of ETEC; enteroaggregative adhesion; host cell invasion; and the development of vaccinal strategi.