Download or read book Between Pathogenicity and Commensalism written by Ulrich Dobrindt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, interdisciplinary book covers different aspects of relevant human pathogens and commensals. The ongoing development of (meta-)genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of pathogenic and commensal microorganisms and their host interaction provides a comprehensive introduction to the microbiological analysis of host-microbe interplay and its consequences for infection or commensalism.