Bacterial pili: structure, synthesis and role in disease
Bacterial pili: structure, synthesis and role in disease [electronic resource]
Edited by M. A. Barocchi, J. L. Telford.
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- WallingfordUK CABI 2014
- 208pp.;
- Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology .
- Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology .
Bacterial pili play important roles as environmental sensors, in host colonization and in biofilm formation, enabling bacteria to interact with the environment, with surfaces and with other bacteria and host cells. Most bacteria, both Gram positive and Gram negative, and almost all bacterial pathogens, are piliated. This book discusses the synthesis, structure, evolution, function and role in pathogenesis of these complex structures, and their basis for vaccine development and therapeutics for Streptococcus pathogens. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students of medical microbiology.
9781780642567
10.1079/9781780642550.0000 doi
Gram positive bacteria cell structure virulence Lactobacillales man Bacteria vertebrates Corynebacteriaceae bacterioses prokaryotes animals Corynebacterium mammals Hominidae Actinobacteridae Gram negative bacteria biosynthesis pili bacterial diseases Homo Actinomycetales gram-negative bacteria Actinobacteria pathogenesis bacterial infections primates gram-positive bacteria Firmicutes Chordata Bacilli bacterium Streptococcus Corynebacterium diphtheriae Streptococcaceae Corynebacterineae eukaryotes human diseases virulence factors
Bacterial pili play important roles as environmental sensors, in host colonization and in biofilm formation, enabling bacteria to interact with the environment, with surfaces and with other bacteria and host cells. Most bacteria, both Gram positive and Gram negative, and almost all bacterial pathogens, are piliated. This book discusses the synthesis, structure, evolution, function and role in pathogenesis of these complex structures, and their basis for vaccine development and therapeutics for Streptococcus pathogens. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students of medical microbiology.
9781780642567
10.1079/9781780642550.0000 doi
Gram positive bacteria cell structure virulence Lactobacillales man Bacteria vertebrates Corynebacteriaceae bacterioses prokaryotes animals Corynebacterium mammals Hominidae Actinobacteridae Gram negative bacteria biosynthesis pili bacterial diseases Homo Actinomycetales gram-negative bacteria Actinobacteria pathogenesis bacterial infections primates gram-positive bacteria Firmicutes Chordata Bacilli bacterium Streptococcus Corynebacterium diphtheriae Streptococcaceae Corynebacterineae eukaryotes human diseases virulence factors