Advances in Yersinia Research [Hardcover]

This book is a collection of articles written by prominent scientists who gathered in the city of Recife, Brazil, 23-27 October 2010, celebrating the 10th International Symposium on Yersinia. The event is held every four years in a different country and for the Yersinia 2010, an interesting and updated program covering advances in research in Yersiniae was organized. The major advances achieved over the past four years since the last symposium held in Lexington, USA in 2006 were divided into eight chapters: Epidemiology, Clinical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic aspects; Ecology and Modeling; Genomic/Transcriptomics and Large Scale Population; Immune Response and Vaccine; Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors; Cellular Yersiniology; Bacterial Structure and Metabolism: Roles in Pathogenesis and Bacterial Life Style. The purpose of the book is to extend cutting edge knowledge on Yersinia discussed during the 10th International Symposium.Evolutionary dynamics of the Yersinia enterocolitica.- Gains and losses in Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica genomes.- Consequences of Missense Mutations in Yersinia pestis: Efficient flow of Metabolic Carbon versus Virulence.- Diversity and adaptive evolution of major porin gene (ompF) in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.- Biochemical and Genetic Peculiarities and the Phylogenetic Relationship of the Non-main Subspecies in the General Scheme of the Plague Agent Evolution.- The molecular phylogeny of gyrB gene: a molecular marker for systematic of Yersinia.- Preliminary survey regarding Yersiniosis in Ireland.- Pseudotuberculosis in Russian Federation.- Plague in Brazil: now and then.- Factors Affecting the Spread and Maintenance of Plague.- Isolation of enteropathogenic Yersinia from non-human sources.- Yersiniosis by Yersinia pseudotubercl“Å