Biology of Chlamydia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Häcker, Georg (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 412
• Subjects: Medical microbiology.; Immunology.; Infectious diseases.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease. This volume reviews current knowledge of chlamydial biology, covering the unusual structure of the bacteri...

Table of Contents:

• Cell wall biosynthesis in Chlamydia
• Genetic manipulation in Chlamydia
•  Early events in the Chlamydia developmental cycle
•  Subversion of the host cell cytoskeleton by Chlamydia
• Cell-autonomous host defence against Chlamydia infection
• The enigma of long-term infection: are there quiescent or 'persistent' Chlamydia?- Mechanisms of immunopathogenesis during chlamydial infections
• Protective adaptive immune response and prospects for a vaccine
• The hidden genomics of Chlamydia trachomatis.