Research Catalog

Title

Phages : their role in bacterial pathogenesis and biotechnology / Matthew K. Waldor, David I. Friedman, and Sankar L. Adhya, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Waldor, Matthew K.
• Friedman, David I.
• Adhya, Sankar Lal.

Description

xvii, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Subjects

• Biotechnology
• Bacteriophages > pathogenicity
• Bacteriophages > genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. History of phage research and phage therapy / William C. Summers -- 2. Phage biology / Richard Calendar and Ross Inman -- 3. Lysogeny, prophage induction, and lysogenic conversion / John W. Little -- 4. Bacteriophage evolution and the role of phages in host evolution / Roger W. Hendrix -- 5. Phage ecology and bacterial pathogenesis / Mya Breitbart, Forest Rohwer and Stephen T. Abedon -- 6. Phage lysis / Ry Young -- 7. Lambdoid phages and shiga toxin / Jessica S. Tyler, Jonathan Livny and David I. Friedman -- 8. Prophage arsenal of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium / Lionello Bossi and Nara Figueroa-Bossi -- 9. Virulence-linked bacteriophages of pathogenic vibrios / Brigid M. Davis and Matthew K. Waldor -- 10. Bordetella phages / A. Hodes, S. Doulatov and J. F. Miller -- 11. Mycoplasma phages / Kevin Dybvig, Anh-Hue Tu and Brenda Clapper -- 12. Mycobacteriophages : pathogenesis and applications / Graham F. Hatfull -- 13. Phages and bacterial vaginosis / Lin Tao, Sylvia I. Pavlova and Ali O. Kilic -- 14. Bacteriophages encoding botulinum and diphtheria toxins / Eric A. Johnson -- 15. Staphylococcal phages / Avery M. Matthews and Richard P. Novick -- 16. Contribution of phages to group a streptococcus genetic diversity and pathogenesis / David J. Banks, Stephen B. Beres and James M. Musser -- 17. Pneumococcal phages / Pedro Garcia, Jose L. Garcia, Rubens Lopez and Ernesto Garcia -- 18. Listeria phages : basics and applications / Martin J. Loessner and Catherine E. D. Rees -- 19. Recombineering in prokaryotes / Lynn C. Thomason, Richard S. Myers, Amos Oppenheim, Nina Costantino, James A. Sawitzke, Simanti Datta, Mikhail Bubunenko and Donald L. Court -- 20. Polysaccharide-degrading phages / Dean Scholl and Carl Merril -- 21. Phage display : a molecular fashion show / Amita Gupta, Amos B. Oppenheim and Vijay K. Chaudhary -- 22. Use of phages in therapy and bacterial detection / Michael McKinstry and Rotem Edgar.

ISBN

1555813070 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005002698

OCLC

• OCM57557385
• SCSB-5215270

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries