Overview
- Enables readers to understand the types of interactive mechanisms that have resulted in evolutionary success
- Written by eminent scientists
- Richly illustrated throughout
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Environmental Microbiology (AEM, volume 2)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Understanding the Basis of Symbiotic Associations
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Associations Between Microbes and Plants
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Associations Between Microbes and Animals
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Keywords
- Microbial symbioses
- Symbiont-host relationships
- Symbiotic associations
- Diphtheria toxin production
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Symbiobacterium
- Syntrophic growth
- Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
- Bacterial-nematode symbiosis
- Bacteria-insect mutualisms
- Aphid-bacterial defensive mutualism
- Symbiotic Streptomyces
About this book
This volume summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that produce successful symbiotic partnerships involving microorganisms. It begins with a basic introduction to the nature of and mechanistic benefits derived from symbiotic associations. Taking that background knowledge as the starting point, the next sections include chapters that examine representative examples of coevolutionary associations that have developed between species of microbes, as well as associations between microbes and plants. The authors conclude with a section covering a broad range of associations between microbes and invertebrate animals, in which they discuss the spectrum of hosts, with examples ranging from bryozoans and corals to nematodes, arthropods, and cephalopods. Join the authors on this journey of understanding!
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mechanistic Benefits of Microbial Symbionts
Editors: Christon J. Hurst
Series Title: Advances in Environmental Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28068-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28066-0Published: 02 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80265-7Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28068-4Published: 24 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-3324
Series E-ISSN: 2366-3332
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Physiology, Plant Physiology