Chapter 2 Comparative genomics of pathogenic Escherichia coli Jason W. Sahl1, Carolyn R. Morris2 and David A. Rasko2, 1Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, 2University of Maryland School of…
Chapter 11 Hybrid and potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli strains Victor A. Garcia-Angulo1, Mauricio J. Farfan2 and Alfredo G. Torres1, 1University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA, 2Universidad de Chile,…
Chapter 3 Evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli Sujay Chattopadhyay and Evgeni V. Sokurenko, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Introduction As with evolution in general, bacterial evolution happens through the…
Chapter 4 Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Shahista Nisa, Karen M. Scanlon and Michael S. Donnenberg, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Background Definition and classification Enteropathogenic E. coli…
FIGURE 25–1. Group A streptococcus (GAS) Gram stain. Note the oval cocci chaining end to end (arrow). (Image contributed by professor Shirley Lowe, University of California, San Francisco School of…
Impact Six intestinal nematodes commonly infect humans: Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (large roundworm), Necator america-nus and Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworms), and Strongyloides stercoralis. Together, they infect more…
FIGURE 21–1. Shapes of bacteria. A. Staphylococcus aureus, cocci arranged in clusters; scanning electron micrograph (SEM). B. Group B streptococci, cocci arranged in chains; SEM. C. Bacillus species, straight rods;…
PARASITOLOGY DEFINITION The plasmodia are Apicomplexa in which the sexual and asexual cycles of reproduction are completed in different host species. The sexual phase occurs within the gut of mosquitoes…
BACTERIOLOGY The Enterobacteriaceae are among the largest bacteria, measuring 2 to 4 μm in length with parallel sides and rounded ends. Forms range from large coccobacilli to elongated, filamentous rods….
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