CONTENTS
Contributors /
Preface /
SECTION I
THE GRAM-POSITIVE CELL WALL /
SECTION EDITOR: Vincent A. Fischetti
1 Ultrastructure of Gram-Positive Cell
Walls /
TERRY J. BEVERIDGE AND VALÉRIO R. F. MATIAS
2 Surface Proteins on Gram-Positive
Bacteria /
VINCENT A. FISCHETTI
SECTION II
THE STREPTOCOCCUS /
SECTION EDITORS: Vincent A. Fischetti and
Joseph J. Ferretti
A. GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI
3 Intracellular Invasion by Streptococcus
pyogenes: Invasins, Host Receptors, and
Relevance to Human Disease /
BEINAN WANG, DAVID CUE, AND
P. PATRICK CLEARY
4 Capsular Polysaccharide of Group A
Streptococcus /
MICHAEL R. WESSELS
5 Toxins and Superantigens of Group A
Streptococci /
JOHN K. MCCORMICK , MARNIE L. PETERSON AND PATRICK M.
SCHLIEVERT
6 Genetics of Group A Streptococci /
KYU HONG CHO AND MICHAEL CAPARON
7 Cross-Reactive Antigens of Group A
Streptococci /
MADELEINE W. CUNNINGHAM
8 Extracellular Matrix Interactions with
Gram-Positive Pathogens /
GURSHARAN S. CHHATWAL AND
KLAUS T. PREISSNER
9 Streptococcus-Mediated Host Cell
Signaling /
VIJAYKUMAR PANCHOLI
10 Vaccine Approaches To Protect against
Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis /
VINCENT A. FISCHETTI
11 The Bacteriophages of Group A
Streptococci /
W. MICHAEL MCSHAN
12 Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and
Evolution of Group A Streptococci /
DEBRA E. BESSEN AND SUSAN K. HOLLINGSHEAD
B. GROUP B STREPTOCOCCI
13 Pathogenic Mechanisms and Virulence
Factors of Group B Streptococci /
VICTOR NIZET AND CRAIG E. RUBENS
14 Surface Structures of Group B
Streptococci Important in Human
Immunity /
LAWRENCE C. MADOFF, LAWRENCE C. PAOLETTI,
AND DENNIS L. KASPER
15 Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal
Infections /
ANNE SCHUCHAT AND SHARON BALTER
C. GROUP C AND G STREPTOCOCCI
16 Genetics and Pathogenicity Factors of
Groups C and G Streptococci /
HORST MALKE
17 Pathogenicity Factors in Group C and
G Streptococci /
GURSHARAN S. CHHATWAL, DAVID J. MCMILLAN AND SUSANNE R.
TALAY
18 Group C and Group G Streptococcal
Infections: Epidemiologic and Clinical
Aspects /
GIO J. BARACCO AND ALAN L. BISNO
D. STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE
19 The Cell Wall of Streptococcus
pneumoniae /
ALEXANDER TOMASZ AND WERNER FISCHER
20 Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular
Polysaccharide /
JAMES C. PATON AND JUDY K. MORONA
21 Streptococcus pneumoniae: Invasion and
Inflammation /
CARLOS J. ORIHUELA AND ELAINE TUOMANEN
22 Phase Variation of Streptococcus
pneumoniae /
JEFFREY N. WEISER
23 Genetics of Streptococcus
pneumoniae /
JANET YOTHER AND SUSAN HOLLINGSHEAD
24 Pneumococcal Vaccines /
D. E. BRILES, J. C. PATON, E. SWIATLO, AND
M. J. CRAIN
E. ENTEROCOCCI
25 Pathogenicity of Enterococci /
LYNN E. HANCOCK AND MICHAEL S. GILMORE
26 Enterococcal Genetics /
KEITH E. WEAVER
F. ORAL STREPTOCOCCI
27 Pathogenesis of Oral Streptococci /
R. R. B. RUSSELL
28 The Virulence Properties of Streptococcus mutans /
HOWARD K. KURAMITSU
29 Genetics of sanguinis Group Streptococci /
HOWARD F. JENKINSON AND M. MARGARET VICKERMAN
G. LACTOCOCCI
30 Genetics of Lactococci /
PHILIPPE GAUDU, YUJI YAMAMOTO, PETER RUHDAL JENSEN,
KARIN HAMMER, AND ALEXANDRA GRUSS
SECTION III
THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS /
SECTION EDITOR: Richard P. Novick
31 Diagnostics, Typing, and Taxonomy /
WOLFGANG WITTE, BIRGIT STROMMENGER, AND GUIDO WERNER
32 The Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome /
ALLISON F. GILLASPY, VERONICA WORRELL, JOSHUA
ORVIS, BRUCE A. ROE, DAVID W. DYER, AND JOHN J. IANDOLO
33 Genetics: Accessory Elements and
Genetic Exchange /
NEVILLE FIRTH AND RONALD A. SKURRAY
34 Carbohydrate Catabolism: Pathways
and Regulation /
REINHOLD BRÜCKNER AND RALF ROSENSTEIN
35 Respiration and Small-Colony Variants of
Staphylococcus aureus /
RICHARD A. PROCTOR
36 The Staphylococcal Cell Wall /
ALEXANDER TOMASZ
37 Staphylococcal Capsule /
CHIA Y. LEE AND JEAN C. LEE
38 Staphylococcus aureus Exotoxins /
GREGORY A. BOHACH AND TIMOTHY J. FOSTER
39 Extracellular Enzymes/
STAFFAN ARVIDSON
40 Staphylococcal Sortases and Surface Proteins/
ANDREA C. DEDENT, LUCIANO A. MARRAFFINI, AND OLAF SCHNEEWIND
41 Staphylococcal Pathogenesis and Pathogenicity Factors:
Genetics and Regulation/
RICHARD P. NOVICK
42 Staphylococcus aureusEukaryotic Cell
Interactions/
CARLOS ARRECUBIETA AND FRANKLIN D. LOWY
43 The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus
Infections/
FRED C. TENOVER AND RACHEL J. GORWITZ
44 Animal Models of Experimental
Staphylococcus aureus Infection/
L. VINCENT COLLINS AND ANDRZEJ TARKOWSKI
45 Cellular and Extracellular Defenses
against Staphylococcal Infections/
JERROLD WEISS, ARNOLD S. BAYER, AND MICHAEL
YEAMAN
46 Biology and Pathogenicity of
Staphylococcus epidermidis/
CHRISTINE HEILMANN AND GEORG PETERS
47 Biology and Pathogenicity of
Staphylococci Other than Staphylococcus
aureus and Staphylococcus
epidermidis/
ANNE TRISTAN, GERARD LINA, JEROME ETIENNE, AND FRANÇOIS
VANDENESCH
48 Antibiotic Resistance in the
Staphylococci/
STEVEN J. PROJAN AND ALEXEY RUZIN
SECTION IV
THE LISTERIAE/
SECTION EDITOR: Daniel A. Portnoy
49 Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations
of Listeria monocytogenes Infection/
WALTER F. SCHLECH III
50 Listeria monocytogenes Infection of Mice: an Elegant
Probe To Dissect Innate and T-Cell Immune Responses/
JODIE S. HARING AND JOHN T. HARTY
51 Genetic Tools for Use with Listeria monocytogenes/
DARREN E. HIGGINS, CARMEN BUCHRIESER, AND NANCY E. FREITAG
52 Regulation of Virulence Genes in
Pathogenic Listeria spp. /
WERNER GOEBEL, STEFANIE MÜLLER-ALTROCK, AND JÜRGEN KREFT
53 The Cell Biology of Invasion and
Intracellular Growth by Listeria
monocytogenes/
JAVIER PIZARRO-CERDÁ AND PASCALE COSSART
SECTION V
SPORE-FORMING PATHOGENS AND GRAM-POSITIVE
ACTINOMYCETALES/
SECTION EDITOR: Julian I. Rood
54 Bacillus anthracis/
THERESA M. KOEHLER
55 Clostridial Genetics/
DENA LYRAS AND JULIAN I. ROOD
56 Neurotoxigenic Clostridia/
ERIC A. JOHNSON
57 Enterotoxic Clostridia:
Clostridium perfringens Type A and
Clostridium difficile /
BRUCE A. MCCLANE, DAVID M. LYERLY, AND TRACY D. WILKINS
58 Histotoxic Clostridia /
DENNIS L. STEVENS AND JULIAN I. ROOD
ACTINOMYCETALES
59 Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Iron-
Mediated Activation of DtxR and Regulation
of Diphtheria Toxin Expression /
JOHN F. LOVE AND JOHN R. MURPHY
60 Actinomyces and Arcanobacterium spp.:
Host-Microbe Interactions/
B. HELEN JOST AND STEPHEN J. BILLINGTON
61 The Pathogenesis of Nocardia/
BLAINE L. BEAMAN
SECTION VI
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISMS /
SECTION EDITOR: Richard P. Novick
62 Mechanisms of Resistance to ?-Lactam
Antibiotics/
DOUGLAS S. KERNODLE
63 Resistance to Glycopeptides in Gram-
Positive Pathogens/
HENRY S. FRAIMOW AND PATRICE COURVALIN
64 Tetracycline Resistance Determinants in Gram-Positive
Bacteria/
LAURA M. MCMURRY AND STUART B. LEVY
65 Mechanisms of Quinolone
Resistance/
DAVID C. HOOPER
Index /