1st Edition

Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens

Edited By Dongyou Liu Copyright 2011
    1280 Pages 104 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    As more original molecular protocols and subsequent modifications are described in the literature, it has become difficult for those not directly involved in the development of these protocols to know which are most appropriate to adopt for accurate identification of bacterial pathogens. Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens addresses this issue, with international scientists in respective bacterial pathogen research and diagnosis providing expert summaries on current diagnostic approaches for major human bacterial pathogens.

    Each chapter consists of a brief review on the classification, epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of an important pathogenic bacterial genus, an outline of clinical sample collection and preparation procedures, a selection of representative stepwise molecular protocols, and a discussion on further research requirements relating to improved diagnosis.

    This book represents a reliable and convenient reference on molecular detection and identification of major human bacterial pathogens; an indispensable tool for upcoming and experienced medical, veterinary, and industrial laboratory scientists engaged in bacterial characterization; and an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in microbiology.

    Introductory Remarks, Dongyou Liu

    SECTION I Actinobacteria
    Actinomadura, Martha E. Trujillo
    Actinomyces,
    Debarati Paul, D. Madhusudan Reddy, Dipalok Mukherjee, Biswajit Paul, and Debosmita Paul
    Atopobium,
    Piet Cools, Hans Verstraelen, Mario Vaneechoutte, and Rita Verhelst
    Bifi dobacterium,
    Abelardo Margolles, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilan, Borja Sanchez, and Miguel Gueimonde
    Corynebacteriu,
    Luis M. Mateos, Michal Letek, Almudena F. Villadangos, Maria Fiuza, Efren Ordonez, and Jose A Gil
    Cryptobacterium,
    Futoshi Nakazawa
    Gardnerella,
    Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Piet Cools, Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago, Marleen Temmerman,and Mario Vaneechoutte
    Gordonia,
    Brent A. Lasker, Benjamin D. Moser, and June Brown
    Micrococcus and Kocuria, Dongyou Liu
    Mycobacterium,
    Shubhada Shenai and Camilla Rodrigues
    Nocardia, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Frederic Laurent, and Patrick Boiron
    Propionibacterium, Andrew McDowell and Sheila Patrick
    Rhodococcus,
    Debarati Paul, Dipaloke Mukherjee, Soma Mukherjee, and Debosmita Paul
    Saccharopolyspora, Caroline Duchaine and Yvon Cormier
    Streptomyces,
    Angel Manteca, Ana Isabel Pelaez, Maria del Mar Garcia-Suarez, and Francisco J. Mendez
    Tropheryma,
    Shoo Peng Siah, Han Shiong Siah, and Dongyou Liu
    Tsukamurella,
    Mireille M. Kattar

    SECTION II Furmicutes and Tenericutes

    Bacilli
    Abiotrophia,.Marco Arosio and Annibale Raglio
    Aerococcus,
    Debarati Paul, D. Madhusudan Reddy, and Dipalok Mukherjee Bacillus, Noura Raddadi, Ameur Cherif, and Daniele Daffonchio
    Enterococcus,
    Teresa Semedo-Lemsaddek, Paula Lopes Alves, Rogerio Tenreiro, and Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo
    Granulicatella,
    Sheng Kai Tung and Tsung Chain Chang
    Lactobacillus,
    Ester Sanchez and Yolanda Sanz
    Leuconostoc,
    Maria Mar Tomas and German Bou
    Listeria, Dongyou Liu and Ting Zhang
    Paenibacillus,
    Matthew R. Pincus, Nicholas Cassai, Jie Ouyang, and Sharvari Dalal
    Staphylococcu, Paolo Moroni, Giuliano Pisoni, Paola Cremonesi, and Bianca Castiglioni
    Streptococcus,
    Judith Jansen and Lothar Rink

    Clostridia
    Acidaminococcu, Helene Marchandin and Estelle Jumas-Bilak
    Anaerococcus, Parvimonas
    , and Peptoniphilus, Dongyou Liu and Frank W. Austin
    Catabacter, Susanna K.P. Lau and Patrick C.Y. Woo
    Clostridium
    , Juan J. Cordoba, Emilio Aranda, Maria G. Cordoba, Maria J. Benito, Dongyou Liu, and M. Rodriguez
    Dialister,
    Ana Paula Vieira Colombo, Renata Martins do Souto, and Andrea Vieira Colombo
    Eubacterium,
    Johanna Maukonen and Maria Saarela
    Finegoldia,
    A.C.M. Wildeboer-Veloo
    Mogibacterium,
    Reginaldo Bruno Goncalves, Daniel Saito, and Renato Correa Viana Casarin
    Peptostreptococcus,
    Eija Kononen and Jari Jalava
    Tannerella
    , Derren Ready and Lena Ciric
    Veillonella
    , Dongyou Liu

    Mollicutes
    Mycoplasma, Rama Chaudhry, Bishwanath Kumar Chourasia, and Anupam Das
    Ureaplasma,
    Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao, Vanya Paralanov, and John I. Glass

    SECTION III Bacteroidetes, Chlamydiae, and Fusobacteria

    Bacteroides, Rama Chaudhry and Nidhi Sharma
    Capnocytophaga,
    Kazuyuki Ishihara, Satoru Inagaki, and Atsushi Saito
    Chlamydia,
    Jens Kjolseth Moller
    Chlamydophila,
    Chengming Wang, Bernhard Kaltenboeck, and Konrad Sachse
    Elizabethkingia, Chryseobacterium, and Bergeyella, Dongyou Liu
    Fusobacterium,
    Dongyou Liu and Xiaoming Dong
    Leptotrichia
    and Leptotrichia-like Organisms, Emenike Ribs K. Eribe and Ingar Olsen
    Porphyromonas,
    Stefan Rupf, Wolfgang Pfi ster, and Klaus Eschrich
    Prevotella, Mario J. Avila-Campos, Maria R. L. Simionato, and Elerson Gaetti-Jardim Jr.

    SECTION IV Proteobacteria

    Alphaproteobacteria
    Anaplasma, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch
    Bartonella,
    Alessandra Ciervo, Marco Cassone, Fabiola Mancini,and Lorenzo Ciceroni
    Brucella, Sascha Al Dahouk, Heinrich Neubauer, and Herbert Tomaso
    Ehrlichia,
    Jere W. McBride, Juan P. Olano, and Nahed Ismail
    Ochrobactrum,
    Corinne Teyssier and Estelle Jumas-Bilak
    Orientia,
    Harsh Vardhan Batra and Diprabhanu Bakshi
    Rickettsia, Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch

    Betaproteobacteria
    Achromobacter, Beth Mutai and Yi-Wei Tang
    Bordetella,
    Diego Omar Serra, Alejandra Bosch, and Osvaldo Miguel Yantorno
    Burkholderia, Karlene H. Lynch and Jonathan J. Dennis
    Eikenella,
    Javier Enrique Botero, Adriana Jaramillo, and Adolfo Contreras
    Kingella,
    Dongyou Liu
    Laribacter,
    Patrick C. Y. Woo and Susanna K. P. Lau
    Neisseria,
    Paola Stefanelli
    Ralstonia,
    Michael P. Ryan, J. Tony Pembroke, and Catherine C. Adley

    Gammaproteobacteria
    Acinetobacter, Dongyou Liu
    Aeromonas,
    German Naharro, Pedro Rubio, and Jose Maria Luengo
    Aggregatibacter,
    Dongyou Liu
    Cardiobacterium,
    Efthimia Petinaki and George N. Dalekos
    Cedecea,
    Maria Dalamaga and Georgia Vrioni
    Citrobacter,
    Ignasi Roca and Jordi Vila
    Coxiella,
    Claire Pelletier
    Enterobacter,
    Angelika Lehner, Roger Stephan, Seamus Fanning, and Carol Iversen
    Escherichia,
    P. Elizaquivel, G. Sanchez, and R. Aznar
    Francisella tularensis,
    Kiersten J. Kugeler and Jeannine M. Petersen
    Haemophilus,
    Dongyou Liu, Jianshun Chen, and Weihuan Fang
    Klebsiella, Beatriz Meurer Moreira, Ana Cristina Gales, Maria Silvana Alves, and Rubens Clayton da Silva Dias
    Legionella,
    Dianna J. Bopp, Kimberlee A. Musser, and Elizabeth J. Nazarian
    Moraxella,
    Suzanne J.C. Verhaegh and John P. Hays
    Pasteurella
    , Francis Dziva and Henrik Christensen
    Photobacterium, Carlos R. Osorio and Manuel L. Lemos
    Plesiomonas, Jesus A. Santos, Andres Otero, and Maria-Luisa Garcia-Lopez
    Proteus,
    Antoni Roz˙ alski and Paweł Staczek
    Providencia,
    Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, and Patrizia Posteraro
    Pseudomonas,
    Timothy J. Kidd, David M. Whiley, Scott C. Bell, and Keith Grimwood
    Salmonella, Mathilde H. Josefsen, Charlotta Lofstrom, Katharina E.P. Olsen, Kare Molbak, and Jeffrey Hoorfar
    Serratia,
    Kevin B. Laupland and Deirdre L. Church
    Shigella,
    K.R. Schneider, L.K. Strawn, K.A. Lampel, and B.R. Warren
    Stenotrophomonas,
    Martina Adamek and Stephan Bathe
    Vibrio,
    Asim Bej
    Yersinia,
    Mikael Skurnik, Peter Radstrom, Rickard Knutsson, Bo Segerman, Saija Hallanvuo, Susanne Thisted Lambertz, Hannu Korkeala, and Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa

    Epsilonproteobacteria
    Arcobacter, Kurt Houf
    Campylobacter,
    Rodrigo Alonso, Cecilia Girbau, and Aurora Fernandez Astorga
    Helicobacter,
    Athanasios Makristathis and Alexander M. Hirschl

    SECTION V Spirochaetes
    Borrelia, Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, James H. Oliver Jr., and Libor Grubhoffer
    Leptospira, Rudy A. Hartskeerl
    Treponema,
    Rita Castro and Filomena Martins Pereira

    SECTION VI Pan-Bacterial Detection
    Pan-Bacterial Detection of Sepsis-Causative Pathogens, Roland P.H. Schmitz and Marc Lehmann
    Metagenomic Approaches for Bacterial Detection and Identification, Chaysavanh Manichanh

    Biography

    Dr. Dongyou Liu, DVM is currently a Research Scientist at Human Genetic Signatures in North Ryde, NSW, Australia.