Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has recently re-emerged as a major public health
threat despite high levels of vaccination against the aetiological agent Bordetella pertussis …

Bacterial pathogens undergo remarkable adaptive change in response to the selective
forces they encounter during host colonization and infection. Studies performed over the …

Leptospirosis, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, is a globally widespread,
neglected and emerging zoonotic disease. While whole genome analysis of individual …

Here, 70 potential Vibrio pathogens belonging to nine species, dominated by Vibrio harveyi,
were isolated and identified from diseased aquacultured marine fish in South China …

Bordetella pertussis causes pertussis, a respiratory disease that is most severe for infants.
Vaccination was introduced in the 1950s, and in recent years, a resurgence of disease was …

Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which is affected by environmental pollution
and climate change, promotes genetic communication, changing bacterial pathogenicity and …

This book describes the major achievements and discoveries relevant to bacterial protein
toxins since the turn of the new century illustrated by the discovery of more than fifty novel …

The genus Bordetella includes bacteria that are found in the environment and/or associated
with humans and other animals. A few closely related species, including Bordetella …

Leptospirosis, caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp., has recently been recognized as an
emerging infectious disease worldwide. Despite its severity and global importance …

Background Infections by pan-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii plague military and
civilian healthcare systems. Previous A. baumannii pan-genomic studies used modest …