Clostridia; molecular biology in the post-genomic era.

9781904455387

Clostridia; molecular biology in the post-genomic era.

Ed. by Holger Bruggemann and Gerhard Gottschalk.

Caister Academic Press

2009

230 pages

$310.00

Hardcover

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The genomic age itself sure proved ephemeral. The genus Clostridium is a heterogeneous group of anaerobic spore-forming bacteria of which several prominent species are major toxin producers. Molecular biologists and related researchers update the understanding of the pathogen in light of evidence from their genomes. Among the topics are potential applications of the action and genetics of C. perfringens enterotoxin in cancer therapy and drug delivery, molecular variability in C. difficule large clostridial toxins, antibiotic resistance determinants in C. difficule, and clostridia in anti-tumor therapy. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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