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Inhaltsangabe1. Diphtheria and its etiological agentsAndreas Burkovski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany2. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis - General aspectsAna Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi, Raphael Hirata Júnior & Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo3. Comparative genomics and pathogenicity islands of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans, and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosisEva Trost & Andreas Tauch4. Corynephages: infections of the infectorsVartul Sangal & Paul A Hoskisson5. Toxin structure, delivery and actionBasak Varol, Bilge Özerman Edis & Muhammet Bektas6. Iron Acquisition and Iron-Dependent Gene Expression in Corynebacterium diphtheriaeMichael P. Schmitt7. Assembly and Function of Corynebacterium diphtheriae PiliMelissa E. Reardon and Hung Ton-That8. Toxigenic corynebacteria: Adhesion, invasion and host responseLisa Ott & Andreas Burkovski9. Detection methods for laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria Anja Berger, Michael Hogardt, Regina Konrad & Andreas Sing10. Diphtheria SurveillanceKaren S. Wagner, Katherina Zakikhany, Joanne M. White, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Natasha S. Crowcroft & Androulla Efstratiou11. History of diphtheria vaccine developmentEnrico Malito & Rino Rappuoli12. Antimicrobial susceptibility and treatmentAleksandra Anna Zasada13. Sialidases of Corynebacteria and their Biotechnological Applications14. Molecular Genetic Tools for Research in Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiana M. Oram15. Diphtheria toxin based molecules as therapeutic approachesIngo Schubert