Genomics of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wiedmann, Martin (Editor), Zhang, Wei (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Food Microbiology and Food Safety
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Bacteriology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Food Science.

Foodborne illnesses caused by various bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens lead to a high number of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and throughout the world. Recent advances in microbial genomics have significantly improved our understanding of the physiology, evolution, ecology, epidemiology,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Overview: The impact of microbial genomics on food safety
• 2. Genomics of bacillus species
• 3. Post genome analysis of the foodborne pathogen campylobacter jejuni
• 4. Genomics of clostridium
• 5. Genomics of escherichia and shigella
• 6. Listeria genomics
• 7. Genomics of salmonella species
• 8. Genomics of staphylococcus
• 9. Genomics of pathogenic vibrio species
• 10. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of foodborne bacterial pathogens
• 11. Proteomics of foodborne bacterial pathogens
• 12. Molecular epidemiology of foodborne pathogens
• 13. The evolution of foodborne pathogens
• Index.