The genus Yersinia : entering the functional genomic era /

Part I Evolution and Genomics p. 1
1 Evolution of Pathogenic Yersinia, Some Lights in the Dark Elisabeth Carniel p. 3
2 DNA Adenine Methylation Victoria L. Taylor and Petra C. F. Oyston and Richard W. Titball p. 13
3 Tracing Acquisitions and Losses in Yersinia Genomes Alexander Rakin and Andrey Golubov and Azuka Iwobi and Jurgen Heesemann p. 19
4 Subtractive Hybridization Uncovers Novel Pathogenicity-Associated Loci in Yersinia enterocolitica Azuka N. Iwobi and Alexander Rakin and Emilio Garcia and Jurgen Heesemann p. 25
5 Identification of Genes Involved in Yersinia pestis Virulence by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Yehuda Flashner and Emanuelle Mamroud and Avital Tidhar and Raphael Ber and Moshe Aftalion and David Gur and Anat Zvi and Naomi Ariel and Baruch Velan and Avigdor Shafferman and Sara Cohen p. 31
6 Characterization of Two Conjugative Yersinia Plasmids Mobilizing pYV Stefan Hertwig and Iris Klein and Jens A. Hammerl and Bernd Appel p. 35
7 Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis of Yersinia pestis Petra C.F. Oyston and Andrey V. Karlyshev and Brendan W. Wren and Richard W. Titball p. 39
8 Cobalamin Synthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica 8081 Michael B. Prentice and Jon Cuccui and Nick Thomson and Julian Parkhill and Evelyn Deery and Martin J. Warren p. 43
9 Construction of a Yersinia pestis Microarray Richard A. Stabler and Jason Hinds and Adam A. Witney and Karen Isherwood and Petra Oyston and Richard Titball and Brendan Wren and Stewart Hinchliffe and Michael Prentice and Joseph A. Mangan and Phillip D. Butcher p. 47
10 A Conjugal Type IV Transfer System in Yersinia enterocolitica Strains Greta Goelz and Dorothea Knabner and Bernd Appel and Eckhard Strauch p. 51
11 Transmission Factors: Yersinia pestis Genes Required to Infect the Flea Vector of Plague B. Joseph Hinnebusch p. 55
Part II Pathogenesis and Host Interactions p. 63
12 Rho-GTP Binding Proteins in Yersinia Target Cell Interaction Martin Aepfelbacher and Claudia Trasak and Agnes Wiedemann and Andreas Andor p. 65
13 A Technique of Intradermal Injection of Yersinia to Study Y. pestis Physiopathology Francoise Guinet and Elisabeth Carniel p. 73
14 YopT Is A Cysteine Protease Cleaving Rho Family GTPases Feng Shao and Jack E. Dixon p. 79
15 Structural Studies of Yersinia Adhesin YadA Heli Nummelin and Yasmin El Tahir and Pauli Ollikka and Mikael Skurnik and Adrian Goldman p. 85
16 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Harbors a Type IV Pilus Gene Cluster that Contributes to Pathogenicity Francois Collyn and Michael Marceau and Michel Simonet p. 89
17 Salicylanilides are Potent Inhibitors of Type III Secretion in Yersinia Anna M. Kauppi and Roland Nordfelth and Ulrik Hagglund and Hans Wolf-Watz and Mikael Elofsson p. 97
18 Mapping of Possible Laminin Binding Sites of Y. pestis Plasminogen Activator (Pla) via Phage Display Orsolya Benedek and Judit Bene and Bela Melegh and Levente Emody p. 101
19 The Fish Pathogen Yersinia ruckeri Possesses a TTS System Deephti K. Gunasena and Jenny R. Komrower and Sheila Macintyre p. 105
20 Characterisation of the Type III Secretion Protein YscU in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Moa Lavander and Lena Sundberg and Petra J. Edqvist and Scott A. Lloyd and Hans Wolf-Watz and Ake Forsberg p. 109
21 Mutagenesis Elucidates The Assembly Pathway and Structure of Yersinia pestis F1 Polymer Joanne E. Kersley and Anton V. Zavialov and Elham Moslehi and Stefan D. Knight and Sheila Macintyre p. 113
22 Characterization of Infections with Wild and Mutant Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains in Rabbit Oral Model Hristo Najdenski and Anna Vesselinova and Elitsa Golkocheva and Sara Garbom and Hans Wolf-Watz p. 117
23 Identification of Yersinia pestis Pigment Receptor Olga N. Podladchikova and Grigory G. Dikhanov p. 121
24 Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A: Not as Harmless as You Think Sharon M. Tennant and Narelle A. Skinner and Angela Joe and Roy M. Robins-Browne p. 125
25 Pestoides F, a Yersinia pestis Strain Lacking Plasminogen Activator, is Virulent by the Aerosol Route Patricia L. Worsham and Chad Roy p. 129
26 Impact of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis -Derived Mitogen (YPM) on the Murine Immune System Christophe Carnoy and Caroline Loiez and Christelle Faveeuw and Corinne Grangette and Pierre Desreumaux and Michel Simonet p. 133
27 Role of T Cells and Gamma Interferon in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis -Derived Mitogen (YPM)-Induced Toxicity in Mice Hirotsugu Kano and Yasuhiko Ito and Kentaro Matsuoka and Tutomu Iwata and Hirohisa Saito and Takao Kohsaka and Jun Abe p. 137
28 Yersinia pestis Pla Has Multiple Virulence-Associated Functions Kaarina Lahteenmaki and Maini Kukkonen and Silja Jaatinen and Marjo Suomalainen and Hanna Soranummi and Ritva Virkola and Hannu Lang and Timo K. Korhonen p. 141
29 Polyclonal B-Cell Activation in Mice Infected by Intragastric Route with Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 Beatriz M.M. Medeiros and Orivaldo P. Ramos and Eloisa E.E. Silva and Deise P. Falcao p. 147
30 Polyclonal Activation as a Consequence of Infection of Mice with Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Isolated from Patients with or without Arthritis Beatriz M. M. Medeiros and Eloisa E. E. Silva and Orivaldo P. Ramos and Deise P. Falcao p. 151
31 The Response of Murine Macrophages to Infection with Yersinia pestis as Revealed by DNA Microarray Analysis Lee-Ching NG and Ola Forslund and Susie Koh and Kerstin Kuoppa and Anders Sjostedt p. 155
32 Defensive Function of Phagocytes in Pseudotuberculosis Natalya G. Plekhova and Larisa M. Somovaisachkova and Felix N. Shubin p. 161
33 Mechanisms of Yersinia Enterocolitica Evasion of the Host Innate Immune Response by V Antigen Andreas Sing and Dagmar Rost and Natalia Tvardovskaia and Andreas Roggenkamp and Anna M. Geiger and Carsten J. Kirschning and Agnes Wiedemann and Martin Aepfelbacher and Jurgen Heesemann p. 165
34 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Its Toxins and Plant Cells Nelly Timchenko and Marina Eliseikina and Viktor Bulgakov and Elena Bulakh and Elena Yasnetskaya and Elena Nedashkovskaya and Yury Zhuravlev p. 169
35 Influence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis on the Immunity of Echinoderms Marina Eliseikina and Nelly Timchenko and Aleksandr Bulgakov and Timyr Magarlamov and Irina Petrova p. 173
36 Acute and Chronic Experimental Infection Processes Caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Evaluation of Interleukin Action on Their Development and Outcome Galina Y. Tseneva and Ekaterina A. Voskressenskaya and Andrey S. Simbirtsev and Irina V. Shestakova and Tatiana E. Demakova and Irina A. Chmyr p. 177
37 Role of Apoptosis of Phagocytic Cells in the Development of Immunodeficiency in Plague Galina I. Vasilieva and Victor N. Kozlovsky and Alla K. Kiseleva and Michail B. Mishankin and Boris N. Mishankin p. 181
Part III Lipopolysaccharide, Bacteriophages and Cell Wall Function p. 185
38 Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Biological Role of Yersinia Lipopolysaccharide Mikael Skurnik p. 187
39 O Antigen Gene Clusters of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Peter R. Reeves and Elvia Pacinelli and Lei Wang p. 199
40 Cloning and Characterization of the Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:9 Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Gene Cluster Peter S. Lubeck and Jeffrey Hoorfar and Peter Ahrens and Mikael Skurnik p. 207
41 Characterization of the Lipopolysaccharide Outer Core Biosynthesis of Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3 Elise Pinta and Reija Venho and Jose Antonio Bengoechea and Mikael Skurnik p. 211
42 ECA-Antibodies in Antisera Against R Mutants of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Joanna Radziejewska-Lebrecht and Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz and Mikael Skurnik and Lore Brade and Ivo Steinmetz and Anna S. Swierzko and Artur Muszynski p. 215
43 Lipopolysaccharides of Yersinia Otto Holst p. 219
44 The Core Structure of the Lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia pestis Strain KM218 Tat'yana A. Gremyakova and Evgeny V. Vinogradov and Buko Lindner and Nina A. Kocharova and Sof'ya N. Senchenkova and Aleksander S. Shashkov and Yuriy A. Knirel and Otto Holst and Rima Z. Shaikhutdinova and Andrei P. Anisimov p. 229
45 Yersiniophages Maria I. Pajunen and Ian J. Molineux and Mikael Skurnik p. 233
46 Properties of the Temperate Yersinia enterocolitica Bacteriophage PY54 Stefan Hertwig and Iris Klein and Bernd Appel p. 241
47 Transposon Mutagenesis of the Phage [phi] YeO3-12 Saija Kiljunen and Heikki Vilen and Harri Savilahti and Mikael Skurnik p. 245
48 Analysis of Enterocoliticin, a Phage Tail-Like Bacteriocin Eckhard Strauch and Heike Kaspar and Christoph Schaudinn and Christina Damasko and Antje Konietzny and Petra Dersch and Mikael Skurnik and Bernd Appel p. 249
49 Function and Regulation of the Salmonella-Like pmrF Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance Operon in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Michael Marceau and Florent Sebbane and Francois Collyn and Michel Simonet p. 253
50 Porin from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis: Cloning and Analysis of Primary Structure Marina P. Issaeva and Konstantin V. Guzev and Olga D. Novikova and Tamara F. Solovjeva and Sergei Degtyarev[superscript 1] and Valeri A. Rasskazov p. 257
51 Pore-Forming Proteins of Genus Yersinia Olga P. Vostrikova and Olga D. Novikova and Natalya Y. Kim and Galina N. Likhatskaya and Tamara F. Solovjeva p. 261
Part IV Gene Regulation p. 265
52 Regulation of O-Antigen Biosynthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica Jose Antonio Bengoechea p. 267
53 Regulation of the Yersinia pestis Yfe and Ybt Iron Transport Systems Robert D. Perry and Jennifer Abney and Ildefonso Mier, Jr. and Yong Lee and Scott W. Bearden and Jacqueline D. Fetherston p. 275
54 Function and Regulation of the Transcriptional Activator RovA of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Geraldine Nagel and Ann Kathrin Heroven and Julia Eitel and Petra Dersch p. 285
55 Temperature and Growth Phase Regulate the Transcription of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Pia Lahtinen and Agnieszka Brzezinska and Mikael Skurnik p. 289
Part V Epidemiology p. 293
56 Molecular Epidemiology of Yersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3 Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Hannu Korkeala p. 295
57 Occurrence of Y. enterocolitica in Slaughter Pigs and Consequences for Meat Inspection, Slaughtering and Dressing Procedures Truls Nesbakken and Karl Eckner and Hilde Kristin Hoidal and Ole-Johan Rotterud p. 303
58 Molecular Epidemiology of the Five Recent Outbreaks of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Finland Saija Hallanvuo and Pekka Nuorti and Ulla-Maija Nakari and Anja Siitonen p. 309
59 Yersinia pestis from Natural Foci Vladimir V. Kutyrev and Ol'ga A. Protsenko and George B. Smirnov and Elena Boolgakova and Lubov M. Kukleva and Irina V. Zudina and Nadezhda A. Vidyaeva and Inna Koozmichenko p. 313
60 A Virulence Study of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Isolated from Sick Humans and Animals in Brazil Using PCR and Phenotypic Tests Juliana P. Falcao and Deise P. Falcao and Edneia F. Correa and Marcelo Brocchi p. 317
61 Molecular Virulence Characteristics and Kinetics of Infection of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Isolated from Sick and Healthy Animals Carlos Henrique G. Martins and Deise P. Falcao p. 321
62 Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Slaughter Pigs Viktoria Atanassova and Jutta Hugenberg and Christian Ring p. 325
63 Mechanism of Formation of a Population Level of Virulence of Yersinia pestis Bakyt B. Atshabar p. 329
64 Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for the Presumptive Identification of Yersinia pestis Strains in Georgia Lela Bakanidze and Ioseb Velijanashvili and Merab Kekelidze and Levan Beridze and Ekaterine Zangaladze and Mariam Zakalashvili and David Tsereteli and Paata Imnadze p. 333
65 Genetic (Sero)Typing of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Tatiana M. Bogdanovich and Elisabeth Carniel and Hiroshi Fukushima and Mikael Skurnik p. 337
66 Yersinia spp. in the Environment: Epidemiology and Virulence Characteristics Deise P. Falcao and Edneia F.C. Correa and Juliana P. Falcao p. 341
67 Molecular Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica 1A Strains Isolated from Buenos Aires Sewage Water Mirtha E. Floccari and Heinrich K.J. Neubauer and Stella M. Gomez and Czilla Lodri and Jose L. Parada p. 345
68 Molecular Typing of Yersinia Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and RAPD-PCR Laura Franzin and Daniela Cabodi p. 349
69 Bacteriocin Susceptibility of Clinical Yersinia Strains Laura Franzin and Daniela Cabodi and Cristina Fantino p. 353
70 Molecular Epidemiology of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Hiroshi Fukushima p. 357
71 Growth of Yersinia enterocolitica in Inegol Meatballs Ugur Gunsen p. 359
72 Molecular Genetic Typing of Yersinia enterocolitica Serovar O:8 Isolated in Japan Hideki Hayashidani and Yuki Ishiyama and Tomomitsu A. Okatani and Shin-Ichiro Yoshida and Motoko Ishikawa and Yukio Kato and Yoshimitsu Ohtomo and Masaaki Saito and Tomoko Horisaka and Ken-Ichi Kaneko and Masuo Ogawa p. 363
73 Prevalence and Characterisation of yadA-Positive Yersinia enterocolitica in Pig Tonsils in 1995 and 1999 Tiina Korte and Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Hannu Korkeala p. 367
74 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Pigs and Pig Houses in Finland Riikka Laukkanen and Taina Niskanen and Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Hannu Korkeala p. 371
75 Evaluation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) for Yersinia enterocolitica Molecular Epidemiology Investigations Marina Marranzano and Maria A. Coniglio and Luisa Mauro p. 375
76 F1-Negative Natural Y. pestis Strains Tatyana V. Meka-Mechenko p. 379
77 Occurrence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Iceberg Lettuce and Environment Taina Niskanen and Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Hannu Korkeala p. 383
78 A Rapid Method for the Detection of Enteropathogenic Yersinia in Routine Diagnostics of Yersiniosis and Pseudotuberculosis Igor V. Smirnov and Vitali V. Tsarkov and Anton V. Yakushev p. 387
79 Molecular Epidemiological Characterization of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Circulating in Different Geographic Areas of the Russian Federation Ekaterina A. Voskressenskaya and Valery T. Klimov and Galina Y. Tseneva and Elisabeth Carniel and Jeannine Foulon and Margarita V. Chesnokova p. 391
Part VI Diseases, Vaccines and Diagnostics p. 395
80 Second and Third Generation Plague Vaccines Richard W. Titball and E. Diane Williamson p. 397
81 Yersinia Outer Protein E, YopE Holger Russmann p. 407
82 Immunological Characterisation of Sub-Units of the Yersinia Type III Secretion Apparatus James Hill and Cindy D. Underwood and Lena Sundberg and Hanna Astrom and Sophie E.C. Leary and Ake Forsberg and Richard W. Titball p. 415
83 A Recombinant Prototrophic Yersinia pestis Strain Over-Produces F1 Antigen with Enhanced Serological Activity Svetlana V. Dentovskaya and Rima Z. Shaikhutdinova and Andrei P. Anisimov p. 419
84 Vaccination with Plasmid DNA Expressing the Yersinia pestis Capsular Protein F1 Protects Mice Against Plague Haim Grosfeld and Tamar Bino and Yehuda Flashner and Raphael Ber and Emanuelle Mamroud and Shlomo Lustig and Baruch Velan and Avigdor Shafferman and Sara Cohen|p423
85 Evaluation of Protective Immunity Induced by Yersinia enterocolitica Type-III Secretion System Mutants Emanuelle Mamroud and Yehuda Flashner and Avital Tidhar and Raphael Ber and David Gur and Moshe Aftalion and Shirley Lazar and Baruch Velan and Avigdor Shafferman and Sara Cohen p. 425
86 Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Yersinia-Infections Heinrich K.J. Neubauer and Lisa D. Sprague p. 431
87 Susceptibility to Plague of the Rodents in Antananarivo, Madagascar Lila Rahalison and Michel Ranjalahy and Jean-Marc Duplantier and Jean-Bernard Duchemin and Jocelyn Ravelosaona and Lala Ratsif asoamanana and Suzanne Chanteau p. 439
88 Food-PCR Mathilde H. Josefsen and Susanne Thisted Lambertz and Stefan Jensen and Jeffrey Hoorfar p. 443
89 A Multiplex PCR-Detection Assay for Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:9 and Brucella spp. Based on the Perosamine Synthetase Gene Peter S. Lubeck and Mikael Skurnik and Peter Ahrens and Jeffrey Hoorfar p. 451
90 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Yersiniosis Arve Saebo and Jorgen Lassen p. 455
91 Pathogenic Role of a Superantigen in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infection Jun Abe and Hirotsugu Kano and Hiroko Nogami and Shinichi Matsumoto and Kiyosi Baba and Hirohisa Saito and Takao Kohsaka p. 459
92 Chronic Infection with Yersinia enterocolitica in Patients with Clinical or Latent Hyperthyroidism Bjorn E. Wenzel and Thea M. Strieder and Erzsebet Gaspar and Wilma M. Wiersinga p. 463
93 A New Selective Medium Provides Improved Growth and Recoverability of Yersinia pestis Raphael Ber and Emanuelle Mamroud and Moshe Aftalion and David Gur and Avital Tidhar and Yehuda Flashner and Sara Cohen p. 467
94 Evaluation of a One-Step Biochemical Screening Test to Determine Pathogenic Strains of Yersinia enterocolitica Bruce Ciebin and Jeremy Wan and Frances Jamieson p. 469
95 Production of Polyvalent Yersinia enterocolitica Bacteriophage Preparation for Medical Prophylactic Use Marina Darsavelidze and Zhana Kapanadze and Temo Chanishvili and Tamuna Suladze and Maia Elizbarashvil and Megi Dvalishvili p. 473
96 New Approaches to Detect and Assess the Pathogenicity of Clinical Strains of Yersinia spp. Based on Molecular Biology Techniques Galina Y. Tseneva and Airat R. Mavzutov and Alena V. Svarval and Andrey H. Baymiev and Ekaterina A. Voskressenskaya and Igor V. Smirnov p. 477
Index p. 481