Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens

Description

As more original molecular protocols and subsequent modifications are described in the literature, it has become difficult for those not directly involved in the development of these protocols to know which are most appropriate to adopt for accurate identification of bacterial pathogens. Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens addresses this issue, with international scientists in respective bacterial pathogen research and diagnosis providing expert summaries on current diagnostic approaches for major human bacterial pathogens.

Each chapter consists of a brief review on the classification, epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of an important pathogenic bacterial genus, an outline of clinical sample collection and preparation procedures, a selection of representative stepwise molecular protocols, and a discussion on further research requirements relating to improved diagnosis.

This book represents a reliable and convenient reference on molecular detection and identification of major human bacterial pathogens; an indispensable tool for upcoming and experienced medical, veterinary, and industrial laboratory scientists engaged in bacterial characterization; and an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in microbiology.

Features

• In-depth review of state-of-art molecular detection and identification methods for human bacterial pathogens
• Comprehensive coverage of important human bacterial pathogens
• Authoritative summary of biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of major human bacterial pathogens
• All chapters written by scientists with expertise in respective fields of human bacterial pathogen research
• Judicious selection of streamlined, ready-to-use protocols for major human bacterial pathogens (including commercial kits)

Table of Contents

SECTION I Actinobacteria

• Actinomadura, Martha E. Trujillo
• Actinomyces, Debarati Paul, D. Madhusudan Reddy, Dipalok Mukherjee, Biswajit Paul, and Debosmita Paul
• Atopobium, Piet Cools, Hans Verstraelen, Mario Vaneechoutte, and Rita Verhelst
• Bifi dobacterium, Abelardo Margolles, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilan, Borja Sanchez, and Miguel Gueimonde
• Corynebacteriu, Luis M. Mateos, Michal Letek, Almudena F. Villadangos, Maria Fiuza, Efren Ordonez, and Jose A Gil
• Cryptobacterium, Futoshi Nakazawa
• Gardnerella, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Piet Cools, Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago, Marleen Temmerman,and Mario Vaneechoutte
• Gordonia, Brent A. Lasker, Benjamin D. Moser, and June Brown
• Micrococcus and Kocuria, Dongyou Liu
• Mycobacterium, Shubhada Shenai and Camilla Rodrigues
• Nocardia, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Frederic Laurent, and Patrick Boiron
• Propionibacterium, Andrew McDowell and Sheila Patrick
• Rhodococcus, Debarati Paul, Dipaloke Mukherjee, Soma Mukherjee, and Debosmita Paul
• Saccharopolyspora, Caroline Duchaine and Yvon Cormier
• Streptomyces, Angel Manteca, Ana Isabel Pelaez, Maria del Mar Garcia-Suarez, and Francisco J. Mendez
• Tropheryma, Shoo Peng Siah, Han Shiong Siah, and Dongyou Liu
• Tsukamurella, Mireille M. Kattar

SECTION II Furmicutes and Tenericutes

• Bacilli
• Abiotrophia,.Marco Arosio and Annibale Raglio
• Aerococcus, Debarati Paul, D. Madhusudan Reddy, and Dipalok Mukherjee Bacillus, Noura Raddadi, Ameur Cherif, and Daniele Daffonchio
• Enterococcus, Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek, Paula Lopes Alves, Rogerio Tenreiro, and Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo
• Granulicatella, Sheng Kai Tung and Tsung Chain Chang
• Lactobacillus, Ester Sanchez and Yolanda Sanz
• Leuconostoc, Maria Mar Tomas and German Bou
• Listeria, Dongyou Liu and Ting Zhang
• Paenibacillus, Matthew R. Pincus, Nicholas Cassai, Jie Ouyang, and Sharvari Dalal
• Staphylococcu, Paolo Moroni, Giuliano Pisoni, Paola Cremonesi, and Bianca Castiglioni
• Streptococcus, Judith Jansen and Lothar Rink
• Clostridia
• Acidaminococcu, Helene Marchandin and Estelle Jumas-Bilak
• Anaerococcus, Parvimonas, and Peptoniphilus, Dongyou Liu and Frank W. Austin
• Catabacter, Susanna K.P. Lau and Patrick C.Y. Woo
• Clostridium, Juan J. Cordoba, Emilio Aranda, Maria G. Cordoba, Maria J. Benito, Dongyou Liu, and M. Rodriguez
• Dialister, Ana Paula Vieira Colombo, Renata Martins do Souto, and Andrea Vieira Colombo
• Eubacterium, Johanna Maukonen and Maria Saarela
• Finegoldia, A.C.M. Wildeboer-Veloo
• Mogibacterium, Reginaldo Bruno Goncalves, Daniel Saito, and Renato Correa Viana Casarin
• Peptostreptococcus, Eija Kononen and Jari Jalava
• Tannerella, Derren Ready and Lena Ciric
• Veillonella, Dongyou Liu
• Mollicutes
• Mycoplasma, Rama Chaudhry, Bishwanath Kumar Chourasia, and Anupam Das
• Ureaplasma, Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao, Vanya Paralanov, and John I. Glass

SECTION III Bacteroidetes, Chlamydiae, and Fusobacteria

• Bacteroides, Rama Chaudhry and Nidhi Sharma
• Capnocytophaga, Kazuyuki Ishihara, Satoru Inagaki, and Atsushi Saito
• Chlamydia, Jens Kjolseth Moller
• Chlamydophila, Chengming Wang, Bernhard Kaltenboeck, and Konrad Sachse
• Elizabethkingia, Chryseobacterium, and Bergeyella, Dongyou Liu
• Fusobacterium, Dongyou Liu and Xiaoming Dong
• Leptotrichia and Leptotrichia-like Organisms, Emenike Ribs K. Eribe and Ingar Olsen
• Porphyromonas, Stefan Rupf, Wolfgang Pfi ster, and Klaus Eschrich
• Prevotella, Mario J. Avila-Campos, Maria R. L. Simionato, and Elerson Gaetti-Jardim Jr.

SECTION IV Proteobacteria

• Alphaproteobacteria
• Anaplasma, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
• Bartonella, Alessandra Ciervo, Marco Cassone, Fabiola Mancini,and Lorenzo Ciceroni
• Brucella, Sascha Al Dahouk, Heinrich Neubauer, and Herbert Tomaso
• Ehrlichia, Jere W. McBride, Juan P. Olano, and Nahed Ismail
• Ochrobactrum, Corinne Teyssier and Estelle Jumas-Bilak
• Orientia, Harsh Vardhan Batra and Diprabhanu Bakshi
• Rickettsia, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
• Betaproteobacteria
• Achromobacter, Beth Mutai and Yi-Wei Tang
• Bordetella, Diego Omar Serra, Alejandra Bosch, and Osvaldo Miguel Yantorno
• Burkholderia, Karlene H. Lynch and Jonathan J. Dennis
• Eikenella, Javier Enrique Botero, Adriana Jaramillo, and Adolfo Contreras
• Kingella, Dongyou Liu
• Laribacter, Patrick C. Y. Woo and Susanna K. P. Lau
• Neisseria, Paola Stefanelli
• Ralstonia, Michael P. Ryan, J. Tony Pembroke, and Catherine C. Adley
• Gammaproteobacteria
• Acinetobacter, Dongyou Liu
• Aeromonas, German Naharro, Pedro Rubio, and Jose Maria Luengo
• Aggregatibacter, Dongyou Liu
• Cardiobacterium, Efthimia Petinaki and George N. Dalekos
• Cedecea, Maria Dalamaga and Georgia Vrioni
• Citrobacter, Ignasi Roca and Jordi Vila
• Coxiella, Claire Pelletier
• Enterobacter, Angelika Lehner, Roger Stephan, Seamus Fanning, and Carol Iversen
• Escherichia, P. Elizaquivel, G. Sanchez, and R. Aznar
• Francisella tularensis, Kiersten J. Kugeler and Jeannine M. Petersen
• Haemophilus, Dongyou Liu, Jianshun Chen, and Weihuan Fang
• Klebsiella, Beatriz Meurer Moreira, Ana Cristina Gales, Maria Silvana Alves, and Rubens Clayton da Silva Dias
• Legionella, Dianna J. Bopp, Kimberlee A. Musser, and Elizabeth J. Nazarian
• Moraxella, Suzanne J.C. Verhaegh and John P. Hays
• Pasteurella, Francis Dziva and Henrik Christensen
• Photobacterium, Carlos R. Osorio and Manuel L. Lemos
• Plesiomonas, Jesus A. Santos, Andres Otero, and Maria-Luisa Garcia-Lopez
• Proteus, Antoni Roz˙ alski and Paweł Staczek
• Providencia, Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, and Patrizia Posteraro
• Pseudomonas, Timothy J. Kidd, David M. Whiley, Scott C. Bell, and Keith Grimwood
• Salmonella, Mathilde H. Josefsen, Charlotta Lofstrom, Katharina E.P. Olsen, Kare Molbak, and Jeffrey Hoorfar
• Serratia, Kevin B. Laupland and Deirdre L. Church
• Shigella, K.R. Schneider, L.K. Strawn, K.A. Lampel, and B.R. Warren
• Stenotrophomonas, Martina Adamek and Stephan Bathe
• Vibrio, Asim Bej
• Yersinia, Mikael Skurnik, Peter Radstrom, Rickard Knutsson, Bo Segerman, Saija Hallanvuo, Susanne Thisted Lambertz, Hannu Korkeala, and Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa
• Epsilonproteobacteria
• Arcobacter, Kurt Houf
• Campylobacter, Rodrigo Alonso, Cecilia Girbau, and Aurora Fernandez Astorga
• Helicobacter, Athanasios Makristathis and Alexander M. Hirschl

SECTION V Spirochaetes

• Borrelia, Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, James H. Oliver Jr., and Libor Grubhoffer
• Leptospira, Rudy A. Hartskeerl
• Treponema, Rita Castro and Filomena Martins Pereira

SECTION VI Pan-Bacterial Detection

• Pan-Bacterial Detection of Sepsis-Causative Pathogens, Roland P.H. Schmitz and Marc Lehmann
• Metagenomic Approaches for Bacterial Detection and Identification, Chaysavanh Manichanh

Author

Dr. Dongyou Liu, DVM is currently a Research Scientist at Human Genetic Signatures in North Ryde, NSW, Australia.