The mechanistic benefits of microbial symbionts. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christon J. Hurst, editor.
• Editors: Hurst, Christon J (Christon James), 1954-
• Contents: Symbiotic associations: all about chemistry -- Phage conversion and the role of bacteriophage and host functions in regulation of diphtheria toxin production by Corynebacterium diphtheriae -- Syntrophic growth of Symbiobacterium in association with free-living bacteria -- The mechanism of symbiotic nitrogen fixation -- Antimicrobials and the natural biology of a bacterial-nematode symbiosis -- The role of symbionts in the evolution of termites and their rise to ecological dominance in the tropics -- Diverse bacteriophage roles in an aphid-bacterial defensive mutualism -- Symbiotic Streptomyces provide antifungal defense in solitary wasps -- Watersipora subtorquata and the possible role of its associated microbes -- an attempt to explain the extraordinary invasion success of this marine bryozoan species -- Animal-Symbiodinium symbioses: foundations of coral reef ecosystems.-Fiat lux: the squid-vibrio association as a model for understanding host-microbe associations.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 577.8/5; 570; Life sciences; Symbiosis; Microorganisms; Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Evolution (Biology); Animal physiology; Plant physiology; NATURE -- Ecology; NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Microorganisms; Symbiosis; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Microbiology (non-medical); Evolution; Animal physiology; Plant physiology; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319280684; 3319280686
• Related ISBNs: 9783319280660; 331928066X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2016).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.