University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Proceedings of the Symposium on Pathogenic Mycoplasmas, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, Jan. 25-27, 1972.

Editors: Katherine Elliott and Joan Birch.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Principles of "mini-life" / N.W. Pirie -- Mycoplasmas as pathogens / L. Hayflick -- Comparison between the structure of animal and plant mycoplasmas : extracellular and intracellular morphology / R.W. Horne -- Cytology of the mycoplasmas / J. Maniloff -- Immunochemistry of mycoplasma membranes / S. Razin [and others] -- Macromolecular synthesis and growth of mycoplasmas / A.W. Rodwell [and others] -- Isolation and characterization of mycoplasma viruses / R.N. Gourlay -- Isolation of mycoplasmas and their rapid identification by plate epi-immunofluorescence / M.F. Barile and R.A. Delguidice -- Isolation and growth of citrus mycoplasmas / P. Saglio [and others] -- Current status of the aetiology of corn stunt disease / R.E. Davis [and others] -- Infectious heredity in Drosophila paulistorum / L. Ehrman and R.P. Kernaghan -- Pathogenic mycoplasmas in rheumatoid arthritis? / M.H. Williams -- The role of mycoplasmas in the production of pneumonia in the pig / P. Whittlestone -- Mixed infections : the interaction of mycoplasmas and malaria parasites / J.G. Tully and T.I. Mercado -- Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection as studied in the human foetal trachea in organ culture / A.M. Collier -- Interaction between mycoplasmas and respiratory viruses studied in tracheal organ cultures / S.E. Reed -- Cell-mediated immunity and the response to mycoplasma infections / D. Taylor [and others] -- Chairman's closing remarks / N.W. Pirie.