1. Diphtheria and its etiological agents
Andreas Burkovski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
2. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis - General aspects
Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi, Raphael Hirata Júnior & Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo
3. Comparative genomics and pathogenicity islands of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans, and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Eva Trost & Andreas Tauch
4. Corynephages: infections of the infectors
Vartul Sangal & Paul A Hoskisson
5. Toxin structure, delivery and action
Basak Varol, Bilge Özerman Edis & Muhammet Bektaş
6. Iron Acquisition and Iron-Dependent Gene Expression in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Michael P. Schmitt
7. Assembly and Function of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Pili
Melissa E. Reardon and Hung Ton-That
8. Toxigenic corynebacteria: Adhesion, invasion and host response
Lisa Ott & Andreas Burkovski
9. Detection methods for laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria
Anja Berger, Michael Hogardt, Regina Konrad & Andreas Sing
10. Diphtheria Surveillance
Karen S. Wagner, Katherina Zakikhany, Joanne M. White, Gayatri Amirthalingam, Natasha S. Crowcroft & Androulla Efstratiou
11. History of diphtheria vaccine development
Enrico Malito & Rino Rappuoli
12. Antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment
Aleksandra Anna Zasada
13. Sialidases of Corynebacteria and their Biotechnological Applications
14. Molecular Genetic Tools for Research in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Diana M. Oram
15. Diphtheria toxin based molecules as therapeutic approaches
Ingo Schubert