Spirochete Biology: The Post Genomic Era

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Adler, Ben (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, 415
• Subjects: Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Bacteriology.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

Spirochetes comprise a fascinating group of bacteria. Although diverse in terms of their habitat, ecology and infectivity for vertebrate and non-vertebrate hosts, they are often considered together because of their similar cellular morphologies. This volume brings together an international group of...

Table of Contents:

• The Treponema pallidum Outer Membrane
• Gene regulation, two component regulatory systems, and adaptive responses in Treponema denticola
• Physiologic and Genetic Factors Influencing the Zoonotic Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
• Regulation of gene and protein expression in the Lyme disease spirochete
• Genetic manipulation of Borrelia spp.
• Toolbox of molecular techniques for studying Leptospira spp.
• Interaction of Leptospira with the innate immune system
• Leptospiral genomics and pathogenesis
• Complement immune evasion by spirochetes
• Spirochetal lipoproteins in pathogenesis and immunity
• Colonic spirochetes: what has genomics taught us? .