The Rasputin effect : when commensals and symbionts become parasitic /: when commensals and symbionts become parasitic. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christon J. Hurst, editor.
• Editors: Hurst, Christon J (Christon James), 1954-
• Contents: How well do surrogate hosts serve as model systems for understanding pathogenicity -- Host-symbiont relationships: understanding the change from guest to pest -- Opportunistic infections in elasmobranchs -- Bacterial opportunistic pathogens of fish -- Fungal secondary invaders of fish -- Opportunistic pathogens of marine mammals -- Opportunistic pathogens of terrestrial plants -- Non-spore-forming bacterial entomopathogens? their toxins, hosts and the environment: why be a pathogen -- Opportunistic infections of avians -- Opportunistic algae, fungi, and ichthyosporea associated with mammalian livestock disease -- Opportunisitic pathogens of humans.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 577.8/57; Life sciences; Parasitism; Host-parasite relationships; Symbiosis; Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Animal physiology; Plant diseases; Aquatic biology; NATURE -- Ecology; NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Host-parasite relationships; Parasitism; Symbiosis; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Microbiology (non-medical); Animal physiology; Plant pathology & diseases; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319281704; 3319281704; 3319281682; 9783319281681
• Related ISBNs: 9783319281681
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 18, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• 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.