Biocommunication of ciliates. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guenther Witzany, Mariusz Nowacki, editors.
• Editors: Witzany, Günther; Nowacki, Mariusz
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Why biocommunication of Ciliates? -- 2. Principles of intracellular signaling in ciliated protozoa -- a brief outline -- 3. RNA-guided genome editing -- 4. Intracytoplasmic signaling from cilia in ciliates -- 5. Chemotaxis as an expression of communication of Tetrahymena -- 6. Signals regulating vesicle trafficking in Paramecium cells -- 7. How do cysts know when to hatch? The role of ecological communication in awakening latent life -- 8. Hormonal communication of Tetrahyment -- 9. Signaling through GPI-anchored Proteins in Ciliates -- 10. Ciliate communication via water-borne pheromones -- 11. Communication in Tetrahymena Reproduction -- 12. Cell-cell interactions leading to establishment of a mating junction in Tetrahymena and Paramecium, two "contact-mediated" mating systems -- 13. Mating systems and reproductive strategies in Tetrahymena -- 14. Social information in cooperation and dispersal in Tetrahymena -- 15. Symbiotic associations in ciliates: ecological and evolutionary perspectives -- 16. Paramecium as a model organism for studies on primary and secondary endosymbioses -- 17. An integrated model of the biology of the marine symbiosis Maristentor dinoferus -- 18. Interactions between parasitic ciliates and their hosts: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans as examples -- 19. Ciliates in planktonic food webs: communication and adaptive response.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 372 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 571.7/4; Life sciences; Cellular signal transduction; Ciliata; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology; Cellular signal transduction; Ciliata; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Microbiology (non-medical); Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319322117; 3319322117; 3319322095; 9783319322094
• Related ISBNs: 9783319322094
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2016).
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