edited by Fabiano L. Thompson, Brian Austin, and Jean Swings
Washington, D.C. :
ASM Press,
c2006
xiii, 423 p., [16] p. of plates :
ill. (some col.), col. maps ;
29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
A global and historical perspective of the genus vibrio / R.R. Colwell -- Isolation, enumeration, and preservation of the vibrionaceae / Bruno Gomez-Gil and Ana Roque -- Taxonomy of the vibrios / Fabiano L. Thompson and Jean Swings -- Molecular identification / Mitsuaki Nishibuchi -- Comparative genomics : genome configuration and the driving forces in the evolution of vibrios / Tetsuya Iida and Ken Kurokawa -- Gene duplicates in vibrio genomes / Dirk Gevers and Yves Van de Peer -- The roles of lateral gene transfer and vertical descent in vibrio evolution / Yan Boucher and Hatch W. Stokes -- The adaptive genetic arsenal of pathogenic vibrio species : the role of integrons / Dean A. Rowe-Magnus, Mohammed Zouine, and Didier Mazel -- Motility and chemotaxis / Linda L. McCarter --
Adaptive responses of vibrios / Diane McDougald and Staffan Kjelleberg -- Extremophilic vibrionaceae / Douglas H. Bartlett -- Aquatic environment / Hidetoshi Urakawa and Irma Nelly G. Rivera -- Dynamics of vibrio populations and their role in environmental nutrient cycling / Janelle R. Thompson and Martin F. Polz -- The vibrio fischeri-euprymna scolopes light organ symbiosis / Eric V. Stabb -- The mutual partnership between vibrio halioticoli and abalones / Tomoo Sawabe -- Vibrios in coral health and disease / Eugene Rosenberg and Omry Koren -- Vibrio cholerae populations and their role in South America / Ana Carolina P. Vicente ... [et al.] -- The biology and pathogenicity of vibrio anguillarum and V. ordalii / Jorge H. Crosa, Luis A. Actis, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky --
Vibrio harveyi : pretty problems in paradise / Leigh Owens and Nancy Busico-Salcedo -- Vibrio salmonicida / Brian Austin -- Vibrio splendidus / Frédérique Le Roux and Brian Austin -- Miscellaneous animal pathogens / Brian Austin -- Vibrio cholerae : the genetics of pathogenesis and environmental persistence / Michael G. Prouty and Karl E. Klose -- Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Tetsuya Iida, Kwan-Sam Park, and Takeshi Honda -- Vibrio vulnificus / James D. Oliver -- Miscellaneous human pathogens / Mitsuaki Nishibuchi -- Epidemiology / Shah M. Faruque and G. Balakrish Nair -- Biotechnological applications / J. Grant Burgess