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Proceedings of the Fourth Anaerobic Discussion Group Symposium held at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, July 26-28, 1985

Microbiologists from many different disciplines have an active interest in anaerobic bacteria, particularly the pathogenic species. Consequently information and research work tends to be widely dispersed. In this book an international group of contributors, renowned for expertise in their respective areas, present the most recent material available on the various aspects of anaerobes relevant today.

Among the anaerobes are bacterial species which cause some of the most sinister and invasive infections. Some species produce potent extracellular toxins, potentially lethal to humans and animals, while others are able to produce spores resistant to many of the usual sterilization and disinfection techniques. These features, combined with their ability to colonize apparently inhospitable environments, make anaerobes important and interesting to scientists and clinicians alike.