Molecular Basis of Symbiosis

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 310 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-06646-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Syntrophic Associations in Methanogenic Degradation.- Symbiosis between Non-Related Bacteria in Phototrophic Consortia.- 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.- Molecular Interactions between Rhizobium and Legumes.- Molecular mechanisms in the nitrogen-fixing Nostoc-Bryophyte symbiosis.- 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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.2.2010
Reihe/Serie	Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 310 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	492 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Biology • Evolution • Fungi • Molecular Biology • Molecular mechanisms • nitrogen • Organismic Interaction • Prokaryotes • Protozoa • Symbiose • symbiosis
ISBN-10	3-642-06646-1 / 3642066461
ISBN-13	978-3-642-06646-7 / 9783642066467
Zustand	Neuware