Virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens / edited by Kim A. Brogden ... [et al.].

"Based on the fourth International Symposium held at the Scheman Conference Center, Iowa State University, Ames, on September 6-8, 2006"--Pref.

Previously catalogued under title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Type III secretory proteins in pseudomonas aeruginosa / Hiromi Sato and Dara W. Frank -- Identification and characterization of small noncoding RNAs in bacterial pathogens / Jonathan Livny and Matthew Waldor -- Pathogenesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis / Michelle H. Larsen ... [et al.] -- Integration of capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis with metabolic and virulence pathways in streptococcus pneumoniae / Janet Yother -- The role of bacteriophage in group A streptococcal pathogenesis / Vincent A. Fischetti -- Regulatory networks in pathogenic bacteria : lessons from cell-cell communication in pseudomonas aeruginosa / Martin Schuster and E.P. Greenberg -- Coaggregation and distance-critical communication / Paul E. Kolenbrander ... [et al.] -- Commensal bacteria in health and disease / Harry J. Flint ... [et al.] -- Free-living and host-associated protozoa as training camps for intracellular pathogens / Steve A. Carlson, Sharon K. Franklin, and Mark A. Rasmussen -- Mycoplasma pneumoniae attachment and colonization of the respiratory mucosa / Duncan C. Krause ... [et al.] -- Gender differences in neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis / Jennifer L. Edwards -- Escherichia coli at the intestinal mucosal surface / Tyrrell Conway and Paul S. Cohen --

The role of flagella in campylobacter virulence / Patricia Guerry -- Role of the type III protein secretion system in bacterial infection of plants / Sheng Yang He -- Type IV secretion systems and their role in eliciting host responses to infection / Christelle M. Roux and Renée M. Tsolis -- Shiga toxins (stxs) : multifaceted pathogenicity determinants / Angela R. Melton-Celsa ... [et al.] -- Role of pattern recognition receptors in modulating intestinal immune responses and potential therapeutic implications for inflammatory bowel diseases / Elke Cario and Daniel K. Podolsky -- Effect of defensins on susceptibility to infection at the mucosal surface / Janet M. Guthmiller and Sophie Joly -- Antimicrobial peptides as mucosal adjuvants / Lindsey C. Pingel, Xiaoying Lu, and Kim A. Brogden -- Induction of host immune responses using salmonella-vectored vaccines / Roy Curtiss III ... [et al.] -- Dynamics of the CD8 T-cell response revealed by listeria monocytogenes infection / John T. Harty -- Studies on bacterial pathogenicity since 1950 and their future / Harry Smith.