Anaerobe 30 (2014) 183
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Editorial
Preface: ClostPath 2013 meeting on The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia special issue The 8th international ClostPath meeting on ‘The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia’ was held from Tuesday the 22nd to Friday the 25th of October 2013 in Palm Cove, Queensland in Australia. The meeting attracted 163 participants from 20 countries, bringing together a group of scientists with diverse interests centering on the study of clostridial species. The oral and poster presentations delivered the latest exciting data and discoveries under various themes, including:
Diseases and epidemiology Genomes, genetics and epidemiology Membrane active toxins Intracellular toxins Regulation of virulence genes Animal diseases Host-pathogen interactions Physiology and biotechnology Laboratory diagnosis Vaccines and immune responses
The opening plenary session entitled ‘Molecular biology of Clostridium difficile toxins’ was delivered by Professor Klaus Aktories from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.11.006 1075-9964/© 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
This Special Issue of Anaerobe presents papers based on oral and poster presentations at the conference. All papers have been through the normal rigorous peer review process for the journal. The organisers are grateful to Elsevier and staff for their support of this Special Issue and to the following organisations for their generous support of the conference: Don Whitley Scientific, Alere, BD Becton-Dickinson, Cepheid, The Australian Society for Microbiology, the United States National Institutes of Health, Bioline, Biomerieux, Specialised Therapeutics Australia, Techlab and, of course, Elsevier. Dena Lyras, Guest Handling Editor* Julian I. Rood, Chair of Organising Committee, Guest Editor Monash University, Department of Microbiology, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ61 3 9902 9155. E-mail address: [email protected] (D. Lyras).
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Anaerobe journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/anaerobe
Editorial
Preface: ClostPath 2013 meeting on The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia special issue The 8th international ClostPath meeting on ‘The Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia’ was held from Tuesday the 22nd to Friday the 25th of October 2013 in Palm Cove, Queensland in Australia. The meeting attracted 163 participants from 20 countries, bringing together a group of scientists with diverse interests centering on the study of clostridial species. The oral and poster presentations delivered the latest exciting data and discoveries under various themes, including:
Diseases and epidemiology Genomes, genetics and epidemiology Membrane active toxins Intracellular toxins Regulation of virulence genes Animal diseases Host-pathogen interactions Physiology and biotechnology Laboratory diagnosis Vaccines and immune responses
The opening plenary session entitled ‘Molecular biology of Clostridium difficile toxins’ was delivered by Professor Klaus Aktories from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.11.006 1075-9964/© 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
This Special Issue of Anaerobe presents papers based on oral and poster presentations at the conference. All papers have been through the normal rigorous peer review process for the journal. The organisers are grateful to Elsevier and staff for their support of this Special Issue and to the following organisations for their generous support of the conference: Don Whitley Scientific, Alere, BD Becton-Dickinson, Cepheid, The Australian Society for Microbiology, the United States National Institutes of Health, Bioline, Biomerieux, Specialised Therapeutics Australia, Techlab and, of course, Elsevier. Dena Lyras, Guest Handling Editor* Julian I. Rood, Chair of Organising Committee, Guest Editor Monash University, Department of Microbiology, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ61 3 9902 9155. E-mail address: [email protected] (D. Lyras).
