Bacterial Pathogenesis

Preface

PART 1: MODEL SYSTEMS

Bartonella and Brucella-Weapons and Strategies for Stealth Attack
Houchaima Ben-Tekaya, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, and Christoph Dehio

Chlamydial Intracellular Survival Strategies
Robert J. Bastidas, Cherilyn A. Elwell, Joanne N. Engel, and Raphael H. Valdivia

In Vitro and In Vivo Model Systems for Studying Enteropathogenic
Escherichia coli Infections
Robyn J. Law, Lihi Gur-Arie, Ilan Rosenshine, and B. Brett Finlay

Genome Dynamics in Legionella: The Basis of Versatility and Adaptation
to Intracellular Replication
Laura Gomez-Valero and Carmen Buchrieser

Mechanisms of Francisella tularensis Intracellular Pathogenesis
Jean Celli and Thomas C. Zahrt

Echoes of a Distant Past: The cag Pathogenicity Island of Helicobacter pylori
Nicola Pacchiani, Stefano Censini, Ludovico Buti, and Antonello Covacci

Helicobacter and Salmonella Persistent Infection Strategies
Denise M. Monack

Entry of Listeria monocytogenes in Mammalian Epithelial Cells: An Updated View
Javier Pizarro-Cerdá, Andreas Kühbacher, and Pascale Cossart

Pathogenesis of Meningococcemia
Mathieu Coureuil, Olivier Join-Lambert, Hervé Lécuyer, Sandrine Bourdoulous,
Stefano Marullo, and Xavier Nassif

The Pneumococcus: Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Pathogenesis
Birgitta Henriques-Normark and Elaine I. Tuomanen

The Inside Story of Shigella Invasion of Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Nathalie Carayol and Guy Tran Van Nhieu

PART 2: GENERAL CONCEPTS AND MECHANISMS

RNA-Mediated Regulation in Pathogenic Bacteria
Isabelle Caldelari, Yanjie Chao, Pascale Romby, and Jörg Vogel

Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Virulence and Possibilities for Its Control
Steven T. Rutherford and Bonnie L. Bassler

Mechanisms and Biological Roles of Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition Systems
Christopher S. Hayes, Sanna Koskiniemi, Zachary C. Ruhe, Stephen J. Poole, and David A. Low

Bacterial Biofilms: Development, Dispersal, and Therapeutic Strategies
in the Dawn of the Postantibiotic Era
Maria Kostakioti, Maria Hadjifrangiskou, and Scott J. Hultgren

General Aspects and Recent Advances on Bacterial Protein Toxins
Emmanuel Lemichez and Joseph T. Barbieri

Epigenetics and Bacterial Infections
Hélène Bierne, Mélanie Hamon, and Pascale Cossart

Concepts and Mechanisms: Crossing Host Barriers
Kelly S. Doran, Anirban Banerjee, Olivier Disson, and Marc Lecuit

Host Specificity of Bacterial Pathogens
Andreas Bäumler and Ferric C. Fang

A Genome-Wide Perspective of Human Diversity and Its Implications
in Infectious Disease
Jérémy Manry and Lluis Quintana-Murci

PART 3: THERAPEUTICS

Vaccines, Reverse Vaccinology, and Bacterial Pathogenesis
Isabel Delany, Rino Rappuoli, and Kate L. Seib

Probiotics: Properties, Examples, and Specific Applications
Judith Behnsen, Elisa Deriu, Martina Sassone-Corsi, and Manuela Raffatellu

Therapeutic and Prophylactic Applications of Bacteriophage Components
in Modern Medicine
Sankar Adhya, Carl R. Merril, and Biswajit Biswas

Index