The Molecular Biology of Photorhabdus Bacteria

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: ffrench-Constant, Richard H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 402
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmacology.; Agriculture.; Bacteriology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Medical Microbiology.

This book provides an essential update on the startling array of novel insecticidal toxins and drugs produced by the fascinating bacterium Photorhabdus. The respective chapters describe everything from the detailed molecular biology of the ‘Toxin complexes’ or Tc’s to the complexity of insect immune...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Insecticidal Toxin complexes from Photorhabdus luminescens
• Identifying anti-host effectors in Photorhabdus
• Flagellar regulation and virulence in the entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens
• Natural products from Photorhabdus and other entomopathogenic bacteria
• The regulation of secondary metabolism in Photorhabdus
• Quorum sensing and LuxR solos in Photorhabdus
• Insect immunity to entomopathogenic nematodes and their mutualistic bacteria
• Photorhabdus asymbiotica as an insect and human pathogen
• A review of clinical cases of infection with Photorhabdus asymbiotica
• A Practical Guide to Recombineering in Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus.