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Title

The biology of vibrios / edited by Fabiano L. Thompson, Brian Austin, and Jean Swings.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Thompson, Fabiano Lopes.
• Austin, B. (Brian), 1951-
• Swings, J. G.
• American Society for Microbiology.

Description

xiii, 423 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm

Subjects

• Vibrio
• Vibrio > pathogenicity
• Vibrio Infections > etiology
• Vibrio infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. A global and historical perspective of the genus Vibrio / R. R. Colwell -- 2. Isolation, enumeration, and preservation of the Vibrionaceae / Bruno Gomez-Gil and Ana Roque -- 3. Taxonomy of the vibrios / Fabiano L. Thompson and Jean Swings -- 4. Molecular identification / Mitsuaki Nishibuchi -- 5. Comparative genomics : genome configuration and the driving forces in the evolution of vibrios / Tetsuya Iida and Ken Kurokawa -- 6. Gene duplicates in vibrio genomes / Dirk Gevers and Yves Van de Peer -- 7. The roles of lateral gene transfer and vertical descent in vibrio evolution / Yan Boucher and Hatch W. Stokes -- 8. The adaptive genetic arsenal of pathogenic Vibrio species : the role of integrons / Dean A. Rowe-Magnus, Mohammed Zouine and Didier Mazel -- 9. Motility and chemotaxis / Linda L. McCarter -- 10. Adaptive responses of vibrios / Diane McDougald and Staffan Kjelleberg -- 11. Extremophilic Vibrionaceae / Douglas H. Bartlett -- 12. Aquatic environment / Hidetoshi Urakawa and Irma Nelly G. Rivera -- 13. Dynamics of Vibrio populations and their role in environmental nutrient cycling / Janelle R. Thompson and Martin F. Polz -- 14. The Vibrio Fisheri-Euprymna scolopes light organ symbiosis / Eric V. Stabb -- 15. The mutual partnership between Vibrio halioticoli and abalones / Tomoo Sawabe -- 16. Vibrios in coral health and disease / Eugene Rosenberg and Omry Koren -- 17. Vibrio cholerae populations and their role in South America / Ana Carolina P. Vicente, Irma Nelly G. Rivera, Michelle D. Vieira and Ana Coelho -- 18. The biology and pathogenicity of Vibrio anguillarum and V. ordalii / Jorge H. Crosa, Luis A. Actis and Marcelo E. Tolmasky -- 19. Vibrio harveyi : pretty problems in paradise / Leigh Owens and Nancy Busico-Salcedo -- 20. Vibrio salmonicida / Brian Sustin -- 21. Vibrio splendidus / Frederique Le Roux and Brian Austin -- 22. Miscellaneous animal pathogens / Brian Austin -- 23. Vibrio cholerae : the genetics of pathogenesis and environmental persistence / Michael G. Prouty and Karl E. Klose -- 24. Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Tetsuya Iida, Kwan-Sam Park and Takeshi Honda -- 25. Vibrio vulnificus / James D. Oliver -- 26. Miscellaneous human pathogens / Mitsuaki Nishibuchi -- 27. Epidemiology / Shah M. Faruque and G. Balakrish Nair -- 28. Biotechnological applications / J. Grant Burgess -- 29. Conclusions / Fabiano L. Thompson, Brian Austin and Jean Swings.

ISBN

1555813658 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005032511
• 9781555813659

OCLC

• ocm62341991
• SCSB-5260901

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries