Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Related Toxigenic Species

Several Corynebacterium glutamicum books have been published, but little to nothing about C. diphtheriae A considerable number of research groups work on pili, surface structures, vaccines, distribution, host-pathogen-interactions, Fe metabolism, biotechnological applications (vectors systems to induce cell death, sialidase) Recently published genome sequences give the unique opportunity to compare C. diphtheriae genomes Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras