Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)

All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and evolution of their hosts. This book brings together a group of diverse biologists to discuss microbial interactions with multicellular life forms including insects, corals, plants, and mammals, including humans. The various mechanisms by which microorganisms benefit their hosts are discussed, including providing essential nutrients, preventing disease, inducing the immune system, and combating stress. Since the microbiota can be transferred from parent to offspring, it plays an important role in the origin and evolution of animal and plant species. This book should be of interest to the widest range of biological scientists, merging the studies of host and microbial physiology, symbiosis, and the ecology and evolution of symbiotic partners.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Eugene Rosenberg • Uri Gophna
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	348
Edition:	2011 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-21679-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General
LSN:	3-642-21679-X
Barcode:	9783642216794

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