This chapter focuses on aspects of the evolution of the bacterium‐host interactions that
cannot be readily accounted for by simple, advantage‐to‐the individual evolutionary …

Many bacterial pathogens are exquisitely adapted to host parasitization. Their niche is
primarily determined by the biochemical milieu of the host. As such, pathogens are selected …

Human history cannot be understood well without understanding the causes and
consequences of human disease. This fact has become amply apparent over the past few …

A bacterial pathogen is a highly adapted microorganism which has the capacity to cause
disease. The mechanisms used by pathogenic bacteria to cause infection and disease …

This book, inclusive of 22 chapters divided into six sections, reviews current knowledge on
the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases and mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions, as …

1. After a long barren period, the study of bacterial pathogenicity is now one of the most
popular subjects in microbiology. This is because bacterial diseases remain a major …

Interactions between microorganisms and humans range from a benign, even symbiotic
collaboration to a form of competition that may become fatal for the host. Symbiotic …

Selection on pathogens tends to favour the evolution of growth and reproductive rates and a
concomitant level of virulence (damage done to the host) that maximizes pathogen fitness …

The continuum between mutualistic and pathogenic symbioses has been an underlying
theme for understanding the evolution of infection and disease in a number of eukaryotic …

At the heart of tackling the huge challenge posed by infectious micro-organisms is the
overwhelming need to understand their nature. A major question is, why do some species of …