Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Toxigenic Species : Genomics, Pathogenicity and Applications - Burkovski, Andreas; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Diphtheria and Its Etiological Agents -- Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis - General Aspects -- Comparative Genomics and Pathogenicity Islands of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis -- Corynephages: Infections of the Infectors -- Toxin Structure, Delivery and Action -- Iron Acquisition and Iron-Dependent Gene expression in Corynebacterium diphtheria -- Assembly and Function of Corynebacterium diphtheria -- Toxigenic Corynebacteria: Adhesion, Invasion and Host Response -- Detection Methods for Laboratory Diagnosis of Diphtheria -- Diphtheria Surveillance -- History of diphtheria Vaccine Development -- Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Treatment -- Sialidases of Corynebacteria and Their Biotechnological Application -- Molecular Genetic Tools for Research in Corynebacterium diphtheria -- Diphtheria Toxin Based Molecules as Therapeutic Approaches.
Keywords: Medical microbiology; Bacteriology; Epidemiology; Parasitology; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Medical Microbiology; Bacteriology; Epidemiology; Parasitology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics