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Microbial symbioses /
Plants and animals have evolved ever since their appearance in a largely microbial world. Their own cells are less numerous than the microorganisms that they host and with whom they interact closely. The study of these interactions, termed microbial symbioses, has benefited from the development of n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK : Kidlington, Oxford, UK :
ISTE Press ; Elsevier,
2017.
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| Colección: | Ecological sciences (ISTE Ltd.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover ; Microbial Symbioses; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Concept of Symbiosis, from Past to Present; 1.1. A brief history; 1.2. Defining symbiosis; 1.3. Studying symbiosis: questions and tools from past to present; 2 Symbiosis and Nutrition; 2.1. Becoming autotrophic; 2.2. Assimilating nitrogen and other elements; 2.3. Digesting food; 2.4. Recycling waste; 3 Symbiosis and Other Functions; 3.1. Seeing, being seen, hiding: bioluminescence; 3.2. Movement: phoresy; 3.3. Reproduction; 3.4. Protection and defense; 4 Outline of How Symbioses Work.
- 4.1. Symbiosis acquisition4.2. Dialogue between host and symbionts: who is in charge?; 4.3. The end of the symbiosis: trapped, digested or discharged?; 5 Symbiosis and Evolution; 5.1. Becoming a host or a symbiont; 5.2. Maintaining a symbiosis; 5.3. Coevolution, co-speciation and asymmetry in the symbiotic relationship; 5.4. Morpho-anatomical consequences for hosts; 5.5. Genetic and genomic consequences for symbionts; 5.6. Integration between partners and the concept of organelle; 5.7. The origins of the eukaryotic cell.
- 5.8. Symbiosis imposes a new perspective on the tree of life and on evolution5.9. Are the concepts of holobiont and hologenome ultimately useful? The story continues ... ; 6 Symbiosis and the Biosphere; 6.1. Symbiosis and the current biosphere; 6.2. Symbiosis and history of the biosphere; 7 Good Uses for Symbiosis; 7.1. Some avenues in fundamental research ; 7.2. Some avenues for applied research; 7.3. Some avenues in ecology; Conclusion and Perspectives; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.