Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Pathogenesis

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Edited by Michael Hensel, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Herbert Schmidt, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: September 2009
Print publication year:: 2008
Online ISBN:: 9780511541520
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541520

Subjects:: Genetics, Life Sciences, Pathology and Laboratory Science, Microbiology and Immunology
Series:: Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology (16)

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Horizontal gene transfer is a major driving force in the evolution of many bacterial pathogens. The development of high-throughput sequencing tools and more sophisticated genomic and proteomic techniques in recent years has resulted in a better understanding of this phenomenon. Written by leading experts in the field, this edited volume is aimed at graduate students and researchers and provides an overview of current knowledge relating to the evolution of microbial pathogenicity. This volume provides an overview of the mechanisms and biological consequences of the genome rearrangements resulting from horizontal gene transfer, in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, as well as overviews of the key mobile genetic elements involved. Subsequent chapters focus on paradigms for the evolution of important bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. The influence of socioeconomic parameters in the dissemination of transferable elements, such as antibiotic resistant genes in bacteria, is also discussed.

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Contributors
pp xv-xviii

PART I - Theoretical Considerations on the Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens
pp 1-2

1 - Genomes in Motion: Gene Transfer as a Catalyst for Genome Change
pp 3-22

2 - Bacterial Recombination in vivo
pp 23-46

PART II - Mobile Genetic Elements in Bacterial Evolution
pp 47-48

3 - Phage-bacterium Co-evolution and Its Implication for Bacterial Pathogenesis
pp 49-78

4 - The Role of Bacteriophages in the Generation and Spread of Bacterial Pathogens
pp 79-112

5 - Genomic Islands in the Bacterial Chromosome – Paradigms of Evolution in Quantum Leaps
pp 113-134

PART III - Paradigms of Bacterial Evolution
pp 135-136

6 - Genomic Islands in Plant-pathogenic Bacteria
pp 137-158

7 - Prophage Contribution to Salmonella Virulence and Diversity
pp 159-192

8 - Pathogenic Yersinia: Stepwise Gain of Virulence due to Sequential Acquisition of Mobile Genetic Elements
pp 193-216

9 - Genomic or Pathogenicity Islands in Streptococcus pneumoniae
pp 217-236

10 - The Mobile Genetic Elements of Staphylococcus aureus
pp 237-272

11 - Influence of Human Lifestyle on Dissemination of Transferable Elements
pp 273-290

PART IV - Interkingdom Transfer and Endosymbiosis
pp 291-292

12 - Eukaryotic Gene Transfer: Adaptation and Replacements
pp 293-316

13 - Lessons in Evolution from Genome Reduction in Endosymbionts
pp 317-334

Index
pp 335-349

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