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Bacterial polymorphisms

Series edited by Martin J. Blaser and James M. Musser

The series introduces some of the biologically and medically relevant polymorphisms found in several species of bacteria, the basis for the genetic diversity in those populations, and its effect on human hosts.

Bacterial polymorphisms and disease in humans

Martin J. Blaser, James M. Musser

Published February 15, 2001

Group A Streptococcus: allelic variation, population genetics, and host-pathogen interactions

Sean D. Reid, Nancy P. Hoe, Laura M. Smoot, James M. Musser

Published February 15, 2001

The nature and consequence of genetic variability within Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M. Kato-Maeda, P.J. Bifani, B.N. Kreiswirth, P.M. Small

Published March 1, 2001

Pathogenesis and evolution of virulence in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Michael S. Donnenberg, Thomas S. Whittam

Published March 1, 2001

Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum: a comparison of functional genomics, environmental adaptations, and pathogenic mechanisms

Stephen F. Porcella, Tom G. Schwan

Published March 15, 2001

The simple sequence contingency loci of Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

Christopher D. Bayliss, Dawn Field, E. Richard Moxon

Published March 15, 2001

Helicobacter pylori genetic diversity and risk of human disease

Martin J. Blaser, Douglas E. Berg

Published April 1, 2001

Diverse virulence traits underlying different clinical outcomes of Salmonella infection

Joshua Fierer, Donald G. Guiney

Published April 1, 2001