Advances in Yersinia Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
A Tribute to Henri H. Mollaret (1923–2008)....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Evolutionary Dynamics of the Yersinia enterocolitica Complex....Pages 15-22
Gains and Losses in Yersinia enterocolitica subsp . palearctica Genomes....Pages 23-29
Consequences of Missense Mutations in Yersinia pestis : Efficient Flow of Metabolic Carbon Versus Virulence....Pages 31-38
Diversity and Adaptive Evolution of a Major Porin Gene ( ompF ) in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ....Pages 39-43
Biochemical and Genetic Peculiarities and the Phylogenetic Relationship of the Non-main Subspecies in the General Scheme of the Plague Agent Evolution....Pages 45-51
The Molecular Phylogeny of the gyrB Gene: A Molecular Marker for Systematic Characterization of the Genus Yersinia ....Pages 53-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Preliminary Survey Regarding Yersiniosis in Ireland....Pages 59-61
Pseudotuberculosis in the Russian Federation....Pages 63-68
Plague in Brazil: From Now and Then....Pages 69-77
Factors Affecting the Spread and Maintenance of Plague....Pages 79-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Isolation of Enteropathogenic Yersinia from Non-human Sources....Pages 97-105
 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O III Causes Diarrhea in Brazilian Cattle....Pages 107-110
Prevalence, Serotype, Virulence Characteristics, Clonality, and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica from Swine Feces....Pages 111-116
Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3 Isolated from Slaughterhouses and Pork in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, and Clinical Cases in Humans....Pages 117-122
Bacteriophages Capable of Lysing Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis : Efficiency of Plating Tests and Identification of Receptors in Escherichia coli K-12....Pages 123-134
Field and Clinical Applications of Advanced Bacteriophage-Based Detection of Yersinia pestis ....Pages 135-141
Plague Diagnosis STNPCR and MPCR Kits Assembly, Reaction Reproducibility, and Reagent Stability....Pages 143-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Innate Immune Responses During Infection with Yersinia pestis ....Pages 151-157
The Life Stage of Yersinia pestis in the Flea Vector Confers Increased Resistance to Phagocytosis and Killing by Murine Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes....Pages 159-163
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Phagocytes and Humoral Immunity to Pneumonic Plague....Pages 165-171
The In Vitro Evaluation of Anti-Plague Cellular Immunity by Quantitative Analysis of IFN-γ Synthesis and the Appearance of Activation Molecules on the Surface of T-Helper Cells....Pages 173-177
Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Is an Effective Immunogen in a Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Aerosol Mouse Model....Pages 179-181
Fimbrial Polyadhesins: Anti-immune Armament of Yersinia ....Pages 183-201
Yop Effector Proteins from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Impair Dendritic Cell Activation....Pages 203-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Impact on the Host of the Yersinia pestis -specific Virulence Set and the Contribution of the Pla Surface Protease....Pages 211-216
Virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Aerosol Models....Pages 217-222
Pathogenic Potential of the Yersinia massiliensis Species....Pages 223-228
Modulation of Host Cell Death Pathways by Yersinia Species and the Type III Effector YopK....Pages 229-236
Biofilm-Dependent and Biofilm-Independent Mechanisms of Transmission of Yersinia pestis by Fleas....Pages 237-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
YopM and Plague....Pages 247-252
Substrates of the Plasminogen Activator Protease of Yersinia pestis ....Pages 253-260
Variability in the Functional Domains of the Rho-Modifying Toxins of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ....Pages 261-266
 Yersinia pestis Transition Metal Divalent Cation Transporters....Pages 267-279
Unique Virulence Properties of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3....Pages 281-287
 Yersinia pestis Autoagglutination Is Mediated by HCP-Like Protein and Siderophore Yersiniachelin (Ych)....Pages 289-292
 Yersinia Surface Structures and Bacteriophages....Pages 293-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Global Discovery of Small Noncoding RNAs in Pathogenic Yersinia Species....Pages 305-314
Regulation of Virulence Gene Expression by Regulatory RNA Elements in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ....Pages 315-323
OmpR, a Central Integrator of Several Cellular Responses in Yersinia enterocolitica ....Pages 325-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Bacteriophage Therapy of Experimental Bubonic Plague in Mice....Pages 337-348
Preliminary Pharmacokinetics of the Bacterial Virulence Inhibitor N ′-(3,5-Dibromo-2-Hydroxy-Benzylidenene)-Nicotinic Acid Hydrazide....Pages 349-356
Small Molecule Screening for Inhibitors of the YopH Phosphatase of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis ....Pages 357-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-367