Welcome
Blum Hubert E.
Welcome Address of the German Academy of Sciences
Leopoldina .................................................. 11
Haase Axel
Welcome Address of the Julius-Maximilians University of
Wurzburg .................................................... 13
Frosch Matthias
Welcome Address of the German Society for Hygiene
and Microbio logy and of the Medical Faculty of
the University of Wurzburg .................................. 17
Hacker Jorg
Welcome Address of the "Research Center for
Infectious Diseases" of the University of Wurzburg .......... 19
Ron Eliora Z.
Welcome Address of the Federation of European
Microbiological Societies ................................... 21
Theodor Escherich and Escherichia coli
Oelschlaeger Tobias A.
Theodor Escherich, the Bacteriologist ....................... 25
Ullmann Agnes
Theodor Escherich and the Emergence of Molecular Biology .... 29
Davies Julian
Escherichia coli and the History of Antibiotic Resistance ... 35
Gentschev Ivaylo, Weibel Stephanie, Goetz Andreas,
Stritzker Jochen, Rapp Ulf R., Szalay Aladar A.
and Goebel Werner
A 40 Years Encounter with Esche richia coli ................. 41
Genomics and Gene Regulation
Ron Eliora Z.
The Avenue to Systemic Infections - Genomics and Beyond ..... 49
Hengge Regine
Cyclic-di-GMP Signaling in "Life-Style" Switching of
Escherichia coli ............................................ 53
Vivero Aitziber, Banos Rosa C., Madrid Cristina,
and Juarez Antonio
The Hha/YdgT Proteins Participate in H-NS-Mediated
Silencing of Horizontally-Acquired DNA in Enteric
Bacteria .................................................... 59
Prosseda Gianni, Casalino Mariassunta, and Colonna Bianca
Regulation of Virulence Genes in Shigella Hovers between
Gain and Loss of Transcriptional Activators ................. 65
Garcia Jesus, Madrid Cristina, Juarez Antonio, and
Pons Miquel
Identification of the Hha-Binding Motif in the
N-Terminal Domain of H-NS ................................... 71
Madrid Cristina, Banos Rosa C., Pedro Laura, Pons Jose I.,
Vivero Aitziber, Garcia Jesus, Pons Miquel, and
Juarez Antonio
The H-NS Protein from Esche richia coli and Related
Enterobacteria a Bacterial Molecular Neural Network ......... 77
Virulence Factors
Le Bouguenec Chantal
Metabolic Traits Associated with Virulence of
Pathogenic E. coli Strains ................................... 83
Schubert Soren
The High-Pathogenicity Island of Extraintestinal Pathogenic
Escherichia coli (ExPEC) - a Virulence Determinant
Aquired by Horizontal Transfer .............................. 87
Jaureguy Francoise, Landraud Luce, Passet Virginie,
Dtancourt Laure, Guigon Ghislaine, Carbonelle Etienne,
Lortholary Olivier, Picard Bertrand, Nassif Xavier,
and Brisse Sylvain
Genetic Diversity of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Esche
richia coli Isolated from 161 Patients with Bacteremia ...... 91
Dobrindt Ulrich, Zdziarski Jaroslaw, Bauchart Philippe,
Reidl Sebastian, Brzuszkiewicz Elzbieta, Gottschalk
Gerhard, Svanborg Catharina, and Hacker Jorg
Genome Fluidity and its Impact on Virulence Gene
Expression and Evolution of Extraintestinal
Pathogenic E. coli .......................................... 97
Wieser Andreas, and Schubert Soren
Multiepitope Vaccine against Extraintestinal
Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) ........................ 105
Ewers Christa, Antao Esther-Maria, Kiessling Sabine,
Diehl Ines, Homeier Timo, and Wieler, Lothar H.
Genomic mutS-rpoS Region Polymorphisms in
Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC)
of Human and Animal Origin Correlate with Phylotypes and
In vivo Pathogenicity ...................................... 111
Ewers Christa, Guenther Sebastian, Antao Esther-Maria,
Bethe Astrid, Kiessling Sabine, Diehl Ines, Li Ganwu,
Homeier Timo, and Wieler Lothar H.
Contribution of Sigma Factors RpoS and RpoE to Virulence
of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli ....................... 117
Host-Pathogen Interaction
Sasakawa Chihiro
Shigella Infectious Maneuver for Circumventing
Intestinal Barrier Functions ............................... 125
Hannan Thomas J., and Hultgren Scott J.
Molecular and Epidemiologic Basis of Urinary Tract
Infection in Women ......................................... 131
Klemm Per, and Hancock Viktoria
Deconstruction of a Uropathogen - Another Route
to Commensalism ............................................ 139
Buss Christoph, MUller Daniel, Humberg Verena, Greune Lilo,
Liebchen Ariane, Heusipp Gerhard, Karch Helge, and
Schmidt M. Alexander
Intestinal-Pathogenic Escherichia coli:
Comparative Sequence Analysis, Differentiation
by One-Step Multiplex PCR, and Identification of
a Novel LEE-Associated Effector Protein .................... 145
Darfeuille-Michaud Arlette
Adherent-Invasive Escherichia coli and Colonization of
the Ileal Mucosa in Crohn's Disease Patients ............... 151
Claret Laurent, Miquel Sylvie, Vieille Natacha,
Ryjenkov Dmitri A., Gomelsky Mark, and Darfeuille-Michaud
Arlette
The Adhesion and Invasion of Crohn's Disease-Associated
Escherichia coli is Controlled by the Flagellar Sigma
Factor FHA and a c-di-GMP-Dependent Pathway ................ 157
Karch Helge, and Bielaszewska Martina
Molecular and Evolutionary Mechanisms Underlying
the Emergence of Non-0157:H7 Enterohaemorrhagic
Escherichia coli ........................................... 161
Muller Silke I.
Special Conditions Allow Binding of the Siderophore
Salmochelin to Siderocalin (NGAL-Lipocalin) ................ 169
Rouquet Geraldine, Barra Claire, Reperant Maryline,
Bree Annie, Schouler Catherine, Moulin-Schouleur Maryvonne
and Gilot Philippe
Identification of an Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Metabolic Region Implicated in Host Adaptation ............. 173
Braun Volkmar
The Pathogenic Potential of Escherichia coli -
Closing Remarks ............................................ 179
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