Microbial Foodborne Diseases: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Toxin Synthesis

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Jeffrey W. Cary, John E. Linz, Deepak Bhatnagar
CRC Press, 1999 M11 29 - 550 pages
Through the use of molecular and cellular biological techniques, numerous advances have been made in understanding the molecular basis of virulence mechanisms and toxin biosynthesis in organisms that contaminate food and feed. Microbial Foodborne Diseases: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Toxin Synthesis serves as an advanced text on these techniques, providing useful, up-to-date information by recognized authorities on the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and toxin production of some of the most important foodborne pathogens.

This book focuses on the molecular and cellular processes that govern pathogenicity and toxin production in foodborne and waterborne pathogens - viral, bacterial, fungal, and protozoan. It also includes current information related to the association of each pathogen with particular foods and water, epidemiology, methods of early detection, toxicology, and economic impact of the pathogen. It not only serves as an excellent reference, it is also a valuable tool in the rational design of preventative controls and therapeutic approaches to the disease process.

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Contents

CHAPTER 1
3
Regulator
22
TABLE 11 continued
23
TABLE 12 SalmonellaSpecific DNA Regions Involved in
29
CHAPTER 2
51
CHAPTER 3
87
delivery of shiga toxin
93
Delivery of LT or ST
97
CHAPTER 9
295
CHAPTER 10
317
ACETATE
318
CHAPTER 11
363
OH
368
CHAPTER 12
383
CHAPTER 13
405
PV
407

CHAPTER 4
131
EUKARYOTIC
134
CHAPTER 5
157
acquisition of non01
160
int
169
CHAPTER 6
191
CHAPTER 7
247
CHAPTER 8
273
Classification Based on
275
spore
278
TABLE 82 Structural Genes of C botulinum Neurotoxin and
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TABLE 82 continued
283
TOXOPLASMA
410
CHAPTER 14
433
EXCRETION
436
CHAPTER 15
469
Transmission
471
CHAPTER 16
495
Cases
499
a
503
N
513
LRP mediated PrPcPrPSC
516
TABLE 164 Comparison of Mammalian Prions and Prion
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