Microbial Endocrinology

Abstract: Microbial Endocrinology is a new microbiology research discipline that represents the intersection of microbiology and endocrinology with neurophysiology. It has as its main tenet that through their long co-existence with animals and plants, micro-organisms have evolved sensory systems for detecting host-associated hormones. These sensing systems allow the microbe to determine that they are within proximity of a suitable host, and that is time to initiate expression of genes involved in host colonisation. Microbial Endocrinology therefore provides a new paradigm with which to examine and understand the interactions of micro-organisms with their host under conditions present in both health and disease. This article will focus on microbial interactions with the fight and flight family of catecholamine stress hormones.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Microbial Endocrinology ; volume:6 ; number:5 ; year:2011 ; pages:685-694 ; extent:10 ; Open life sciences ; 6, Heft 5 (2011), 685-694 (gesamt 10)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Sharaff, Fathima ; Freestone, Primrose

Further information

• DOI: 10.2478/s11535-011-0067-z
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409201857342.138745288297
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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