Keywords:
Symbiosis.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (168 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780081021187
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4753465
DDC:
577.85
Language:
English
Note:
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 acquisition -- 4.2. 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 evolution -- 5.9. 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.
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