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Molecular Basis of Symbiosis
Edited by Jörg Overmann
Springer
2006
Hardcover XIV, 310 p. 60 illus., 5 in colour., ISBN 3540282106
£107.00
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Symbiotic associations involving prokaryotes occur ubiquitously and are ecologically highly significant.
In symbiotic associations, co-evolution of the partner organisms has led to specific mechanisms of signal
exchange and reciprocal regulation, and resulted in novel physiological capabilities of the association as
compared to those of the individual partners. Symbiosis research has recently entered an exciting era
because molecular biology techniques are available for studying partner organisms in association and in
a culture-independent manner. It is the goal of this book to contribute towards a broader perspective and
an understanding of the function of symbiotic systems. 14 different model systems have been chosen, comprising
well known symbioses as well as novel experimental systems which have only recently become amenable to
experimental manipulation.
Written for: Microbiologists
Contents
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Symbioses of Non-related Prokaryotes
- Syntrophic Associations in Methanogenic Degradation
- Symbiosis Between Non-related Bacteria
in Phototrophic Consortia.
- Symbioses of Prokaryotes and Protozoa
- Prokaryotic Symbionts of Termite Gut Flagellates: phylogenetic and Metabolic Implications of a Tripartite
Symbiosis.
- Towards an Understanding of the Killer Trait
- Caedibacter Endocytobionts in Paramecium.
- Bacterial Ectosymbionts which Confer Motility
- Mixotricha paradoxa from the Intestine of the Australian Termite Mastotermes darwiniensis.
- Extrusive Bacterial Ectosymbiosis of Ciliates.
- Hydrogenosomes and Symbiosis.
- Symbioses of Bacteria and Plants or Fungi
- Molecular Interactions Between Rhizobium and Legumes
- Molecular Mechanisms in the Nitrogen-fixing Nostoc-Bryophyte Symbiosis.
- Symbioses of Prokaryotes and Animals
- Symbiosis of Thioautotrophic Bacteria with Riftia pachyptila.
- Symbioses of Methanotrophs and Deep-Sea Mussels (Mytilidae: Bathymodiolinae)
- Symbioses Between Bacteria and Gutless Marine Oligochaetes.
- Roles of Bacterial Regulators in the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes.
- Molecular Requirements for the Colonization of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas veronii.
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