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Free-living Amoebae offers unique coverage of all presently known amoeba-resistant microorganisms and their significance in the study of infectious diseases. It highlights the role of free-living amoebae as a widespread evolutionary crib for the development of virulence traits in resistant microbes, including the ability of intracellular bacteria to survive to other phagocytic cells such as human macrophages.
The emphasis in Free-living Amoebae is on public health risks associated with the presence in drinking water of intra-amoebal bacteria as well as the ecology and pathogenic role of amoebae-resisting bacteria as new emerging human pathogens.
I. First part
Chapter 1 Introduction Gilbert Greub
II. Free-living amoebae and amoebae-resisting bacteria
Chapter 2 Biodiversity of free-living amoebae Julia Walochnik
Chapter 3 Culture and identification of free-living amoebae Alexey Smirnov
Chapter 4 Ecology and diversity of amoebal symbionts and
amoebal pathogens Vincent Thomas
III. Legionella
Chapter 5
L. pneumophila and Legionnaires’ disease: epidemiology,
clinical presentation, diagnostic and treatment Sophie Jarraud
Chapter 6
Other Legionella species, including the Legionella-like amoebal
pathogens (LLSPs), and including aspects on epidemiology
and pathogenic role Max Maurin
Chapter 7
Occurrence of and factors promoting legionellae growth in
engineered systems Helen Y. Buse,
Mary E. Schoen and Nicholas Ashbolt
Chapter 8
Importance of different secretion systems in the biology of
Legionella and in its interactions with amoebae Nicholas Cianciotto
Chapter 9
Genomes of Legionella species Ajay Kumar Mishra and
Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Chapter 10
Acanthamoeba: natural host and infection model of Legionella Christopher Harrison
and Hubert Hilbi
Chapter 11
Dictyostelium as a model to study the biology of Legionella Olga Shevchuk and
Michael Steinert
IV. Mycobacteria
Chapter 12
Medical importance of Mycobacteria Noémie Boillat and Gilbert Greub
Chapter 13
Biodiversity and ecology of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Joseph O Falkinham
Chapter 14
Mycobacteria in water resources: prevalence, risk assessment,
and prevention Jean Francois Loret and Nadine Dumoutier
Chapter 15
Amoebae interactions with Mycobacteria Katri P. Anttonen and Jeffrey D. Cirillo
Chapter 16
Relationships between free-living bacteria and Mycobacteria Toidi Adekombi and Michel Drancourt
Chapter 17
Dictyostelium as a model to study the biology of Mycobacteria Thierry Soldati
V. Chlamydia-related organisms
Chapter 18
Diversity and ecology of the Chlamydiales bacteria Julia Lienard and Gilbert Greub
Chapter 19
Pathogenic role of Chlamydia-related bacteria in humans Frédéric Lamoth, David Baud and Gilbert Greub
Chapter 20
Biology of Chlamydia-related bacteria Nicolas Jacquier and Gilbert Greub
Chapter 21
The breakthrough of Chlamydiales genomics Claire Bertelli and
Gilbert Greub
Chapter 22
Pathogenic role of Chlamydia-related bacteria in ruminants
and companion animals Nicole Borel and Andreas Pospischil
Chapter 23
Epitheliocystis and the importance of Chlamydia-related
bacteria on fish health Loyd Vaughan, Alexander Fehr, Elisabeth Walther and Heike Schmidt-Posthaus
Chapter 24
The global impact of chlamydial infections on wildlife Courtney Waugh and
Adam Polkinghorne
VI. Other amoebae-resisting microorganisms
Chapter 25
Amoebae-resisting novel bacteria Bernard La Scola
Chapter 26
Eukayotic endoparasites of free-living Amoebae Rolf Michel
Chapter 27
Acanthamoeba polyphage minivirus and other viruses infecting
phagocytic parasites Bernard La Scola
VII. Conclusions
Chapter 28
Future perspectives and concluding remarks Gilbert Greub
