Description
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary book covers different aspects of relevant human pathogens and commensals. The ongoing development of (meta-)genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of pathogenic and commensal microorganisms and their host interaction provides a comprehensive introduction to the microbiological analysis of host-microbe interplay and its consequences for infection or commensalism. Between Commensalism and Pathogenicity:Bacterial and Host Aspects.- E. coli as an all-rounder: The thin line between commensalism and pathogenicity.- What distinguishes non-pathogenic, from medium and highly pathogenic staphylococci?.- Microevolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a chronic pathogen of the cystic fibrosis lung.- Lactobacillus: Host-Microbe Relationships.- Bacterial Moonlighting Proteins and Bacterial Virulence.- Symbionts and pathogens – what is the difference?.-Host-microbe Interaction in the Intestinal Tract.- Ecology and physiology of the intestinal tract.- The gut microflora and its variety of roles in health and disease.- Mammalian intestinal host-microbe relationships.- Contribution of the intestinal microbiota to human health – from birth to 100 years of age.- Subject index.
