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Human microbiome research has revealed that legions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi live on our skin and within the cavities of our bodies. New knowledge from these recent studies shows that humans are superorganisms and that the microbiome is indispensible to our lives and our health. This volume explores some of the science on the human microbiome and considers the ethical, legal, and social concerns that are raised by this research.

Medical microbiology --- Human body --- Bacterial genomes --- Medicine --- Health Workforce --- Bacterial genome --- Microbial genomes --- Body, Human --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Research --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Law and legislation

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The emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases, an increasing rate of antibiotic-resistant variants of pathogens, and the threat of bioterrorism underscore the importance of bacterial genomes and infectious diseases. Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases presents major findings about bacterial genomes and their impact on strategy and approach for investigating mechanisms of pathogenesis of infectious diseases. This book imparts fundamental knowledge on the structure, organization, and evolution of bacterial genomes. The value and power of comparative genomics and proteomics, bioinformatics, microarrays, and knockout animal models in analyzing genomes, bacteria-host interactions and disease are demonstrated. Also discussed are the genomes of virulent and nonvirulent strains and species, origin and evolution of pathogens, different models of bacteria-host interactions, and diseases mechanisms.

Bacterial genomes. --- Communicable diseases --- Virulence (Microbiology) --- Pathogenesis. --- Genetic aspects. --- Microbial genetics --- Contagion and contagious diseases --- Contagious diseases --- Infectious diseases --- Microbial diseases in human beings --- Zymotic diseases --- Diseases --- Infection --- Epidemics --- Bacterial genome --- Microbial genomes --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Microbiology. --- Immunology. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Genomics --- Microorganisms --- Genetics --- Microbiology --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Infectious diseases. --- Medical microbiology.