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Microbial endocrinology represents a newly emerging
interdisciplinary field that is formed by the intersection of the
fields of neurobiology and microbiology. This book will introduce a
new perspective to the current understanding not only of the
factors that mediate the ability of microbes to cause disease, but
also to the mechanisms that maintain normal homeostasis. The
discovery that microbes can directly respond to neuroendocrine
hormones, as evidenced by increased growth and production of
virulence-associated factors, provides for a new framework with
which to investigate how microorganisms interface not only with
vertebrates, but also with invertebrates and even plants. The
reader will learn that the neuroendocrine hormones that one most
commonly associates with mammals are actually found throughout the
plant, insect and microbial communities to an extent that will
undoubtedly surprise many, and most importantly, how interactions
between microbes and neuroendocrine hormones can influence the
pathophysiology of infectious disease.
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