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Listeria monocytogenes: Pathogenesis and Host Response

This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, includes concise and timely reviews of Listeria monocytogenes, one of the most intensively studied bacterial pathogens. Listeria monocytogenes is the cause of listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease that arises from the consumption of cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goldfine, Howard (Editor), Shen, Hao (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Subjects:
Cell Biology
Food—biotechnology
Microbiology
Veterinary Medicine/veterinary Science
Bacteriology
Food Science
Immunology
Veterinary Medicine
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A 20-Year Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis
  • Listeriosis
  • Listeria Genomics
  • Metabolism and Physiology of Listeria monocytogenes
  • The Cell Wall of Listeria monocytogenes and its Role in Pathogenicity
  • Environmental Reservoir and Transmission into the Mammalian Host
  • Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes
  • Invasion of Host Cells by Listeria monocytogenes
  • Escape of Listeria monocytogenes from a Vacuole
  • Actin-Based Motility and Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria monocytogenes
  • Adaptive Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes
  • Immune Evasion and Modulation by Listeria monocytogenes
  • Bacteriophages of Listeria

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