Microsporidia – Pathogens of Opportunity
Pathogens of Opportunity
Samenvatting
Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen. Newly revised and updated for its second edition, Microsporidia will continue to be the standard text reference for these pathogenic protists, and is an indispensable research resource for biologists, physicians and parasitologists. This new edition of this publication provides systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen by leading experts in the field, and will be combined with descriptions of the methods and resources for working with this pathogen. • Provides a comprehensive summary of literature on microsporidia and microsporidiosis • The long–awaited update to the standard microsporidia reference text The Microsporidia and Microsporidiosis • Written by an international team of authors representing each of the main research groups working on microsporidia • Chapters provide comprehensive overviews of general methodology as well as special techniques related to these organisms
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<p>Preface xiii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xv</p>
<p>1. Structure of Microsporidia 1<br /> Jiøí Vávra and J. I. Ronny Larsson</p>
<p>2. Developmental Morphology and Life Cycles of the Microsporidia 71<br /> Ann Cali and Peter M. Takvorian</p>
<p>3. Epidemiology of Microsporidia in Human Infections 135<br /> Ronald Fayer and Monica Santin–Duran</p>
<p>4. Epizootiology of Microsporidiosis in Invertebrate Hosts 165<br /> Leellen F. Solter</p>
<p>5. Phylogenetic Place of Microsporidia in the Tree of Eukaryotes 195<br /> Patrick J. Keeling</p>
<p>6. Phylogeny of the Microsporidia 203<br /> Charles R. Vossbrinck, Bettina A. Debrunner–Vossbrinck and Louis M. Weiss</p>
<p>7. Microsporidian Genome Structure and Function 221<br /> Patrick J. Keeling, Naomi M. Fast and Nicolas Corradi</p>
<p>8. Sex and the Microsporidia 231<br /> Soo Chan Lee, Joseph Heitman and Joseph E. Ironside</p>
<p>9. Microsporidian Biochemistry and Physiology 245<br /> Bryony A. P. Williams, Viacheslav V. Dolgikh and Yuliya Y. Sokolova</p>
<p>10. The Microsporidian Polar Tube and Spore Wall 261<br /> Louis M. Weiss, Frédéric Delbac, J. Russell Hayman, Guoqing Pan, Xiaoqun Dang and Zeyang Zhou</p>
<p>11. The Immunology of Microsporidiosis in Mammals 307<br /> Elizabeth S. Didier and Imtiaz A. Khan</p>
<p>12. Mammalian Animal Models of Human Microsporidiosis 327<br /> Elizabeth S. Didier</p>
<p>13. Microsporidia Infections in Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Nematodes 341<br /> Malina A. Bakowski, Robert J. Luallen and Emily R. Troemel</p>
<p>14. The Zebrafish as a Model for Microsporidiosis 357<br /> Justin L. Sanders and Michael L. Kent</p>
<p>15. Clinical Syndromes Associated with Microsporidiosis 371<br /> Louis M. Weiss</p>
<p>16. Ocular Microsporidiosis 403<br /> Savitri Sharma, Praveen K. Balne and Sujata Das</p>
<p>17. Laboratory Diagnosis of Microsporidia 421<br /> Kaya Ghosh, David Schwartz and Louis M. Weiss</p>
<p>18. Culture and Propagation of Microsporidia 457<br /> Robert Molestina, James J. Becnel and Louis M. Weiss</p>
<p>19. Microsporidia in Higher Vertebrates 469<br /> Karen F. Snowden</p>
<p>20. Microsporidia in Fish 493<br /> Michael L. Kent, Ross W. Shaw and Justin L. Sanders</p>
<p>21. Microsporidia in Insects 521<br /> James J. Becnel and Theodore G. Andreadis</p>
<p>22. Microsporidia, Honeybees, and Colony Collapse Disorder 571<br /> Ingemar Fries</p>
<p>23. Microsporidia in Aquatic Invertebrates 579<br /> Grant D. Stentiford and Alison M. Dunn</p>
<p>24. The Primitive Microsporidia 605<br /> J. I. Ronny Larsson</p>
<p>25. Microsporidia Biological Control Agents and Pathogens of Beneficial Insects 635<br /> Susan Bjørnson and David Oi</p>
<p>Appendix A. Checklist of Available Generic Names for Microsporidia with Type Species and Type Hosts 671<br /> James J. Becnel, Peter M. Takvorian and Ann Cali</p>
<p>Appendix B. MicrosporidiaDB: the Functional Genomic Resource for Microsporidia 687<br /> Omar S. Harb (on behalf of the EuPathDB group)</p>
<p>Index 695</p>