{"product_id":"microsporidia-isbn-9781118395226","title":"Microsporidia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicrosporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. Written by leading experts in the field, the book combines background and basic information on microsporidia with descriptive methods and resources for working with the pathogen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewly revised and updated for its second edition, Microsporidia will continue to be the standard text reference for these pathogenic protists, and is an indispensable research resource for biologists,\u003cbr\u003e physicians and parasitologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition of this publication provides systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen by leading experts in the field, and will be combined with descriptions of the methods and resources for working with this pathogen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Provides a comprehensive summary of literature on microsporidia and microsporidiosis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• The long-awaited update to the standard microsporidia reference text \u003ci\u003eThe Microsporidia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMicrosporidiosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e • Written by an international team of authors representing each of the main research groups working on microsporidia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Chapters provide comprehensive overviews of general methodology as well as special techniques related to these organisms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Structure of Microsporidia 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJiří Vávra and J. I. Ronny Larsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Developmental Morphology and Life Cycles of the Microsporidia 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnn Cali and Peter M. Takvorian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Epidemiology of Microsporidia in Human Infections 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRonald Fayer and Monica Santin-Duran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Epizootiology of Microsporidiosis in Invertebrate Hosts 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeellen F. Solter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Phylogenetic Place of Microsporidia in the Tree of Eukaryotes 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick J. Keeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Phylogeny of the Microsporidia 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles R. Vossbrinck, Bettina A. Debrunner-Vossbrinck and Louis M. Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Microsporidian Genome Structure and Function 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick J. Keeling, Naomi M. Fast and Nicolas Corradi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Sex and the Microsporidia 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSoo Chan Lee, Joseph Heitman and Joseph E. Ironside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Microsporidian Biochemistry and Physiology 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBryony A. P. Williams, Viacheslav V. Dolgikh and Yuliya Y. Sokolova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Microsporidian Polar Tube and Spore Wall 261\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouis M. Weiss, Frédéric Delbac, J. Russell Hayman, Guoqing Pan, Xiaoqun Dang and Zeyang Zhou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Immunology of Microsporidiosis in Mammals 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth S. Didier and Imtiaz A. Khan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Mammalian Animal Models of Human Microsporidiosis 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth S. Didier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Microsporidia Infections in Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Nematodes 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMalina A. Bakowski, Robert J. Luallen and Emily R. Troemel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Zebrafish as a Model for Microsporidiosis 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustin L. Sanders and Michael L. Kent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Clinical Syndromes Associated with Microsporidiosis 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouis M. Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Ocular Microsporidiosis 403\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSavitri Sharma, Praveen K. Balne and Sujata Das\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Laboratory Diagnosis of Microsporidia 421\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaya Ghosh, David Schwartz and Louis M. Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Culture and Propagation of Microsporidia 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Molestina, James J. Becnel and Louis M. Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Microsporidia in Higher Vertebrates 469\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren F. Snowden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Microsporidia in Fish 493\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael L. Kent, Ross W. Shaw and Justin L. Sanders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Microsporidia in Insects 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames J. Becnel and Theodore G. Andreadis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Microsporidia, Honeybees, and Colony Collapse Disorder 571\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIngemar Fries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Microsporidia in Aquatic Invertebrates 579\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrant D. Stentiford and Alison M. Dunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Primitive Microsporidia 605\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. I. Ronny Larsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Microsporidia Biological Control Agents and Pathogens of Beneficial Insects 635\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Bjørnson and David Oi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A. Checklist of Available Generic Names for Microsporidia with Type Species and Type Hosts 671\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames J. Becnel, Peter M. Takvorian and Ann Cali\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B. MicrosporidiaDB: the Functional Genomic Resource for Microsporidia 687\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOmar S. Harb (on behalf of the EuPathDB group)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 695\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This book represents a massive undertaking, involved 47 contributors, is splendidly produced and illustrated, and is surely destined to be the reference on the phylum for the foreseeable future. It really opened my eyes to the enormous diversity and importance of these “newcomers” to kingdom Fungi, and I have no doubt that most mycologists will have a similar reaction.”  (\u003ci\u003eIMA Fungus\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eLouis M. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H.\u003c\/b\u003e is an attending physician at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, and at the Bronx Municipal Hospital, where he also serves as a consulting physician in parasitology and tropical medicine. Dr. Weiss is a peer reviewer for numerous journals including the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParasitology Research\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClinical Infectious Disease\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Weiss has contributed chapters and monographs to dozens of books in the field, andis a co-editor of five previous books on parasitology and infectious disease.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames J. Becnel, Ph.D\u003c\/b\u003e, is Lead Scientist and Research Entomologist with the USDA-ARS in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Becnel serves on the editorial boards for \u003ci\u003eJournal of Invertebrate Pathology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on parasitology and entomology related topics.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicrosporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a systematic overview of the biology of microsporidia. 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