Pathogenicity islands and their role in bacterial virulence and survival

Contrib Microbiol. 2005:12:234-254. doi: 10.1159/000081698.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gene Transfer, Horizontal / genetics
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Genomic Islands / genetics*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / genetics*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / pathogenicity*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / genetics
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / genetics*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / pathogenicity*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / genetics
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Virulence