(eBook) Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Toxigenic Species by Andreas Burkovski

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Table of Contents

1. Diphtheria and its etiological agents

Andreas Burkovski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

2. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis – General aspects

Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi , Raphael Hirata Júnior & Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo

3. Comparative genomics and pathogenicity islands of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans, and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Eva Trost & Andreas Tauch

4. Corynephages: infections of the infectors

Vartul Sangal & Paul A Hoskisson

5. Toxin structure, delivery and action

Basak Varol, Bilge Özerman Edis & Muhammet Bektas

6. Iron Acquisition and Iron-Dependent Gene Expression in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Michael P. Schmitt

7. Assembly and Function of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Pili

Melissa E. Reardon and Hung Ton-That

8. Toxigenic corynebacteria: Adhesion, invasion and host response

Lisa Ott & Andreas Burkovski

9. Detection methods for laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria

Anja Berger, Michael Hogardt, Regina Konrad & Andreas Sing

10. Diphtheria Surveillance

Karen S. Wagner, Katherina Zakikhany, Joanne M. White, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Natasha S. Crowcroft & Androulla Efstratiou

11. History of diphtheria vaccine development

Enrico Malito & Rino Rappuoli

12. Antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment

Aleksandra Anna Zasada

13. Sialidases of Corynebacteria and their Biotechnological Applications

14. Molecular Genetic Tools for Research in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Diana M. Oram

15. Diphtheria toxin based molecules as therapeutic approaches

Ingo Schubert