Microsporidia Current Advances in Biology
This book provides an up-to-date overview on the biology of microsporidia, focusing on areas where significant progress has been made in recent years. In particular, our understanding of the evolutionary position and the role of genome reduction in the biology of these enigmatic intracellular pathog...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Experientia Supplementum
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Impact of genome reduction in microsporidia
- Chapter 2: Comparative genomics of microsporidia
- Chapter 3: Insights into microsporidia evolution from early diverging microsporidia
- Chapter 4: Factors that determine microsporidia infection and host specificity
- Chapter 5: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans into microsporidia biology and host-pathogen relationships
- Chapter 6: Advances in the genetic manipulation of Nosema bombycis
- Chapter 7: Nosema apis and N. ceranae infection in honey bees: a model for host-pathogen interactions in insects
- Chapter 8: The Function and Structure of the Microsporidia Polar Tube
- Chapter 9: Mechanics of microsporidian polar tube firing
- Chapter 10: Microsporidian Pathogens of Aquatic Animals
- Chapter 11: Recent Advances with Fish Microsporidia
- Chapter 12: Chronic Infections in mammals due to microsporidia
- Chapter 13: Immune responses to microsporidia
- Chapter 14: A perspective on the molecular identification, classification and epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi of animals