Includes bibliographical references and index.

Structure and function of mucosal surfaces / Jeff P. Pearson and Iain A. Brownlee -- Defensins and other antimicrobial peptides: innate defense of mucosal surfaces / Alexander M. Cole and Tomas Ganz -- Mechanisms of adaptive immunity that prevent colonization at mucosal surfaces / Marcela F. Pasetti, Rosangela Salerno-Gonçalves and Marcelo B. Sztein -- In situ monitoring of bacterial presence and activity / Claus Sternberg ... [et al.] -- Colonization of the respiratory tract -- Role of phosphorylcholine in respiratory tract colonization / Jeffrey N. Weiser -- Sialylation of the gram-negative bacterial cell surface / Michael A. Apicella and Paul A. Jones -- Competitive and cooperative interactions in the respiratory microflora / Adam J. Ratner -- Bacterial adherence and tropism in the human respiratory tract / Mumtaz Virji -- Immunoglobulin A1 proteases of pathogenic and commensal bacteria of the respiratory tract / Mogens Kilian and Jesper Reinholdt -- Genetic exchange in the respiratory tract / Christopher G. Dowson -- Regulation of respiratory pathogens in response to environmental conditions / Peggy A. Cotter -- Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract -- Microbiota of mucosal surfaces in the gut of monogastric animals / Gerald W. Tannock -- Interactions of commensal flora with the human gastrointestinal tract / James P. Nataro -- Quorum sensing in the gastrointestinal tract / James B. Kaper, Christopher Pritchett and Jane Michalski -- Role of the mucous layer in bacterial colonization of the intestine / David C. Laux, Paul S. Cohen and Tyrrell Conway -- Role of flagella in mucosal colonization / Jorge A. Girón -- Tissue tropism in intestinal colonization / Elizabeth L. Hartland ... [et al.] -- Aggregation and dispersal on mucosal surfaces / James P. Nataro and Angela Jansen -- Signal transduction in the intestinal mucosa / Beth A. McCormick -- Pathogen gene expression during intestinal infection / Susan M. Butler, Anna D. Tischler and Andrew Camilli -- Mechanisms of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium intestinal colonization / Caleb W. Dorsey ... [et al.] -- Colonization and invasion of humans by Entamoeba histolytica / Kristine M. Peterson and William A. Petri, Jr -- Colonization of the genitourinary tract -- Role of phase and antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonization / Amy N. Simms and Ann E. Jerse -- Allelic variation of the fimh lectin of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae and uropathogenesis / David L. Hasty ... [et al.] -- Fimbriae, signaling, and host response to urinary tract infection / Niamh Roche ... [et al.] -- Urease, urolithiasis, and colonization of the urinary tract / Harry L.T. Mobley -- Polymicrobial bacteriuria: biofilm formation on foreign bodies and colonization of the urinary tract / David J. Stickler -- Colonization of the vagina and urethral mucosa / Gregor Reid.