Bacterial Pili

Michele A. Barocchi: Head, Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics srl John L. Telford: Head, Microbial Molecular Biology, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics srl

• A: Table of Contents B: Foreword Sixty Years of Pilus research 1: The Vibrio cholerae toxin coregulated pilus: structure, assembly and function with implications for vaccine design 2: Conjugative pili 3: Pilus biogenesis by the chaperone-usher pathway 4: Type 1 and P Pili of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 5: Type IV pili: functions and biogenesis 6: The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus assembly system in three dimensions 7: Corynebacterium diphtheriae pili: Assembly, Structure, and Function 8: Three-dimensional structures of pilin subunits and their role in Gram-positive pilus assembly and stability 9: Sortase structure and specificity in Streptococci 10: Pili of Streptococcus pyogenes 11: The role of pili in the formation of biofilm and bacterial communities 12: Fimbrae/Pili from oral bacteria 13: Pilus based vaccine development in Streptococci: Variability, Diversity & Immunological responses