Genome Mapping and Genomics in Animal-Associated Microbes

This volume focuses on a key group of intracellular prokaryotic pathogens which affect livestock animals. Insights from comparative genomics of the microbes offer clues to the adaptation involved in host-microbe interactions and point to future research.

Achievements and progress in genome mapping and the genomics of microbes supersede by far those for higher plants and animals, in part due to their enormous economic implication but also smaller genome size. In the post-genomic era, whole genome sequences of animal-associated microbes are providing clues to depicting the genetic basis of the complex host-pathogen relationships and the evolution of parasitism; and to improving methods of controlling pathogens.

This volume focuses on a globally important group of intracellular prokaryotic pathogens which affect livestock animals. These include Brucella, Mycobacterium, Anaplasma and Ehrlichia, as well as the protozoan pathogens Cryptosporidium and Theileria, for which genome sequence data is available. Insights from comparative genomics of the microbes described provide clues to the adaptation involved in host-microbe interactions, as well as resources potentially useful for application in future research and product development.

The authors are renowned experts on the animal-associated microbes treated and have all contributed to the genome sequencing projects underpinning research activities of the selected organisms An invaluable work that will promote further genomic research and the development of novel methods of controlling pathogens that cause enormous economic loss Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Chittaranjan Kole is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Allahabad Agricultural Institute in India. He is currently Visiting Professor at Clemson University. He has over two decades of teaching and research experience in molecular biology and biotechnology

Inhalt
Brucella.- Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis.- Anaplasma.- Ehrlichia.- Cryptosporidium.- Theileria.